Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 13131-h.htm or 13131-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/1/3/13131/13131-h/13131-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/1/3/13131/13131-h.zip) The great farm hall was ablaze with the fire-light, and noisy with laughter and talk and many-sounding work. None could be idle but the very young and the very old: little Rol, who was hugging a puppy, and old Trella, whose palsied hand fumbled over her knitting. The early evening had closed in, and the farm-servants, come from their outdoor work, had assembled in the ample hall, which gave space for a score o…
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