Chapter 51

           

           AtlengthitwastheeveofOldLady-Day,andtheagriculturalworldwasinafeverofmobilitysuchasonlyoccursatthatparticulardateoftheyear.Itisadayoffulfilment;agreementsforoutdoorserviceduringtheensuingyear,enteredintoatCandlemas,aretobenowcarriedout.Thelabourers—or“work-folk”,astheyusedtocallthemselvesimmemoriallytilltheotherwordwasintroducedfromwithout—whowishtoremainnolongerinoldplacesareremovingtothenewfarms.

           Theseannualmigrationsfromfarmtofarmwereontheincreasehere.WhenTess’smotherwasachildthemajorityofthefield-folkaboutMarlotthadremainedalltheirlivesononefarm,whichhadbeenthehomealsooftheirfathersandgrandfathers;butlatterlythedesireforyearlyremovalhadrisentoahighpitch.Withtheyoungerfamiliesitwasapleasantexcitementwhichmightpossiblybeanadvantage.TheEgyptofonefamilywastheLandofPromisetothefamilywhosawitfromadistance,tillbyresidencethereitbecameitturntheirEgyptalso;andsotheychangedandchanged.

           However,allthemutationssoincreasinglydiscernibleinvillagelifedidnotoriginateentirelyintheagriculturalunrest.Adepopulationwasalsogoingon.

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