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And suddenly the scythes that were ringing far and wide among the

grain, and the rakes that were being drawn over the meadow,

became quiet and still; such were the orders of the Judge, on

whose farm work closed with the day. "The Lord of the world knows

how long we should toil; when the sun, his workman, descends from

heaven, it is time for the husbandman to withdraw from the

field." So the Judge was wont to speak, and the will of the Judge

was sacred to the honest Steward; for even the waggons on which

they had already begun to load the sheaves of grain, went

unfilled to the stable; the oxen rejoiced in the unaccustomed

lightness of their load.