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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Chapter III WHEN James Ruthven left the house, he went to the byres. There was no one there. He looked, called twice: the first time ... Is anyone here ? . . . the next ... Margaret It had been wet and raw outside when he came out of the warm parlour, but here it was warm again, though only with the steamy warmth which holds a chill for the feet and head. The heat was from the close air, from the breaths and moist skins of the cows, from the dung, from the heavy-smelling straw. He listened awhile to the monotonous chewing of the cud, to the occasional movement of leg or long tail or restless head. Then he struck a match, and lit a coarse, rank-smelling dip. The fowls roosting in the rafters fluttered uneasily, but soon dozed off again; some of the kye turned their heads, staring with wide, velvety eyes. The lastcow which had calved began an anxious licking of her huddled, ungainly offspring, as though by this protective care to ward some possible harm. The rats squeaked and scurried among the straw. James lit his pipe and leaned against the window-ledge. The dip guttered, flared, and sank into a noisome flame, become blood-red through the acrid smoke. An hour passed. Once he took his watch from his vest-pocket, and looked at it in the flare of a match: later, he heard eleven strike from the big clock in the stable-yard; now, when he looked at his watch, he saw that it was past the quarter. He turned and walked uncertainly towards the door, muttering an angry curse as his left foot slipped in the byre-gutter. In a wanton resentment he kicked a cow drowsing on her side; when the startled beast stumbled afoot, he struck her again and again heavily on the flank with his open palm. One, two, several of the kye staggered to their feet. One began a convulsi...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217049573 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217049575 |
| Weight | 0.43 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.30 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 126 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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