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Now, the sun was full up, and movement began in the village.

Casement windows opened, crazy doors were unbarred, and people

came forth shivering--chilled, as yet, by the new sweet air. Then

began the rarely lightened toil of the day among the village

population. Some, to the fountain; some, to the fields; men and

women here, to dig and delve; men and women there, to see to the

poor live stock, and lead the bony cows out, to such pasture as

could be found by the roadside. In the church and at the Cross, a

kneeling figure or two; attendant on the latter prayers, the led

cow, trying for a breakfast among the weeds at its foot.