Daughter s DelightsChapter 12 Clash Of Cultures
Gwenllian finally came to Oxford to visit her daughter. Since she never spent any money unnecessarily the journey was by long distance coach, changing in Birmingham and taking five and a half hours instead of the two hours by train, but saving almost two thirds of the train fare. When Nicola met her mother she explained that her fellow student and friend Sharifa would let them stay in her house, thereby saving the cost of a bed and breakfast for the two nights of the visit. The mother was...