Is the calculation related to money or room?
'It isn't a matter of caution with the English; it's a matter of domestic calculation. Aunt Lavinia asked you down on the spur of the moment because she didn't have to do any domestic reckoning. She knows that there is enough spare linen to furnish a spare bed, and enough food in the house to feed a guest, and enough "labour" to provide for his comfort, and so she has no need to hesitate. Do you mind if we go straight round to the garage and take your things in through the side door. It's a day's march to the front door from the domestics' quarters, the baronial hall unfortunately intervening.'
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The money. The speaker is saying whoever is in charge of the domestic budget didn't really have to deal with any unplanned expenses in order to accommodate the guest.
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"…the most difficult…"
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Seven, what is most difficult aspect of this book for you?
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Neither! It is to do with the calculation of domestic resources: spare linen, food, staff, etc.
The gist is that it is an affluent household where there is a spare margin for all domestic resources, so that Lavinia can invite a guest to stay any time without first having to calculate whether she has enough of everything.
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