Chapter 19

           

           Ingeneralthecowsweremilkedastheypresentedthemselves,withoutfancyorchoice.Butcertaincowswillshowafondnessforaparticularpairofhands,sometimescarryingthispredilectionsofarastorefusetostandatallexcepttotheirfavourite,thepailofastrangerbeingunceremoniouslykickedover.

           ItwasDairymanCrick’sruletoinsistonbreakingdownthesepartialitiesandaversionsbyconstantinterchange,sinceotherwise,intheeventofamilkmanormaidgoingawayfromthedairy,hewasplacedinadifficulty.Themaids’privateaims,however,werethereverseofthedairyman’srule,thedailyselectionbyeachdamseloftheeightortencowstowhichshehadgrownaccustomedrenderingtheoperationontheirwillingudderssurprisingeasyandeffortless.

           Tess,likehercompeers,soondiscoveredwhichofthecowshadapreferenceforherstyleofmanipulation,andherfingershavingbecomedelicatefromthelongdomiciliaryimprisonmentstowhichshehadsubjectedherselfatintervalsduringthelasttwoorthreeyears,shewouldhavebeengladtomeetthemilchers’viewsinthisrespect.Outofthewholeninety-fivetherewereeightinparticularDumpling,Fancy,Lofty,Mist,OldPretty,YoungPretty,Tidy,andLoudwho,thoughtheteatsofoneortwowereashardascarrots,gavedowntoherwithareadinessthatmadeherworkonthemameretouchofthefingers.

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