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II. Night—The Flock—An Interior—Another Interior

           

           TheimageasawholewasthatofasmallNoah’sArkonasmallArarat,allowingthetraditionaryoutlinesandgeneralformoftheArkwhicharefollowedbytoy-makersandbythesemeansareestablishedinmen’simaginationsamongtheirfirmest,becauseearliestimpressionstopassasanapproximatepattern.Thehutstoodonlittlewheels,whichraiseditsflooraboutafootfromtheground.Suchshepherds’hutsaredraggedintothefieldswhenthelambingseasoncomeson,tosheltertheshepherdinhisenforcednightlyattendance.

           ItwasonlylatterlythatpeoplehadbeguntocallGabriel"Farmer"Oak.Duringthetwelvemonthprecedingthistimehehadbeenenabledbysustainedeffortsofindustryandchronicgoodspiritstoleasethesmallsheep-farmofwhichNorcombeHillwasaportion,andstockitwithtwohundredsheep.Previouslyhehadbeenabailiffforashorttime,andearlierstillashepherdonly,havingfromhischildhoodassistedhisfatherintendingtheflocksoflargeproprietors,tilloldGabrielsanktorest.

           Thisventure,unaidedandalone,intothepathsoffarmingasmasterandnotasman,withanadvanceofsheepnotyetpaidfor,wasacriticaljuncturewithGabrielOak,andherecognisedhispositionclearly.Thefirstmovementinhisnewprogresswasthelambingofhisewes,andsheephavingbeenhisspecialityfromhisyouth,hewiselyrefrainedfromdeputingthetaskoftendingthematthisseasontoahirelingoranovice.

           Thewindcontinuedtobeataboutthecornersofthehut,buttheflute-playingceased.

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