Originally Posted by
Ellietow
I saw the sewing machine, too, but wonder... is it realistic that Anna could afford a sewing machine? They were super expensive!
You forget, Bates inherited some money from his mother which he gave to Vera (the late 1st Mrs. Bates) and he would have gotten it back after her death and him being proven innocence. Plus, I think he had signed some of it over to Anna when they married, and they have the money from his mother's home that they sold. She would need that sewing machine for all the mending she has to do with Lady Mary and Lady Edith's clothing.