YMMV / Little House On The Prairie S 2 E 3 Ebenezer Sprague

• Alternative Character Interpretation: After Sprague donates books for the school and Laura meets him at the fishing spot, he goes to talk to Charles and Laura informs he gave Pa his loan. Did Sprague change his mind about the loan to Charles because Charles' chewing him out helped him see the erros of his ways, because he realized the Ingalls family were reliable enough for the loan, or was it in exchange for keeping his secret about the books?
• Values Dissonance: Laura keeps meeting with a male stranger she knows nothing about, at a place where nobody can see them. It's a plot device so that nobody reveals to her that his friendly companion during fishing is the cold-hearted new banker, but nowadays, with Strange Danger increasingly acknowledge, Laura's family would have wanted to know this stranger and would have figured out that it's Sprague much sooner.