Excerpt: ...to them. And over them the outhouse was also built, so that our human efforts might not be wasted. One night, despite a hard day's work, I could not sleep. So I went out on the hillside to enjoy the moonlight. On my way back to the attic I observed a light in the barn. I stopped in to see who was there. It was Sowerby, cleaning out the stable, to the plain disgust of the horses and cows. I asked him if anything was the matter. I learned that he had risen in the middle of the night and gone to work . because that ...
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Excerpt: ...to them. And over them the outhouse was also built, so that our human efforts might not be wasted. One night, despite a hard day's work, I could not sleep. So I went out on the hillside to enjoy the moonlight. On my way back to the attic I observed a light in the barn. I stopped in to see who was there. It was Sowerby, cleaning out the stable, to the plain disgust of the horses and cows. I asked him if anything was the matter. I learned that he had risen in the middle of the night and gone to work . because that was his happiness, his only happiness. Driven by an impulse of distaste for him and his house and market garden, I started to leave in secret. What money was coming to me for my two weeks' work I did not care about
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Octavo, hardback with black cloth boards. Book is in Very Good condition with wear to board edges, corners and spine, toning to the text block, previous owners name and address written largely in pencil on the front flyleaf otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unamarked. No DJ.
