Talk:Where the Cat and Wolf Play.../@comment-43400162-20191107181255/@comment-33769196-20191215222312

Geralt remarks how the ealdorman was quite well-off, and visiting his hut certainly gives the impression he was a couple of notches above the means of the average peasant, so I'm sure he would've been able to afford a couple of dozen crowns for the contract, but he tried to scam the witcher anyway.