Michaelmas

 In Persuasion, Michaelmas is mentioned. Michaelmas is the feast of St Michael the Archangel. He is the warrior angel that defeated Lucifer in the heavens. Michaelmas is near the equinox, September 29th. Usually the harvest was over and the landowner’s man of business would pay the accounts (bills). That included the servants’ wages, which were paid quarterly.  I have a hard time living on a monthly salary. . . what would I do if I were paid every three months?

To live modestly in Society during the Regency Period a household would need the equivalent of at least $120,000 a year. The monthly household expenses for the husband would be in the range of about $800 and the wife at $200.

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb. I Peter 1:18-19