Mary paused with him while he determined what was making the noise. She watched the birds fly off. "Women too then?" She turned to glance at him behind her as she moved towards the lemon tree.
Standing under it, she tried to find the lowest hanging fruit, but there didn't appear to be any that were far down the tree. Mary stood on her tip toes and tried to reach what she could, to no avail. There was at least one solution that she could think of.