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The roof was mended, a kitchen maid was found-a crony of the

village elder's-hens were bought, the cows began giving milk, the

garden hedge was stopped up with stakes, the carpenter made a

mangle, hooks were put in the cupboards, and they ceased to burst

open spontaneously, and an ironing-board covered with army cloth

was placed across from the arm of a chair to the chest of

drawers, and there was a smell of flatirons in the maids' room.