He did not milk cows because he was obliged to milk cows, but because he was learning how to be a rich and prosperous dairyman, landowner, agriculturist, and breeder of cattle.
I was reminded of this the next day, when local landowner Sir Geoffrey Newman arrived to give me a tour of the lighthouse.
He might be a local farmer landowner or businessman.
He was going to call on a local landowner.
The local landowner took an interest in the young boy and paid for his schooling.
At an evening planning meeting, an 85-year-old landowner encourages his sons to abduct the next settler who chops down trees in his olive groves or slaughters one of his sheep.
'of course he won't marry any one of us, or Tess either - a gentleman's son, who's going to be a great landowner and farmer abroad!