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Chapter 6

           Nevertheless,thesightofNapoleon,onallfours,deliveringorderstoWhymper,whostoodontwolegs,rousedtheirprideandpartlyreconciledthemtothenewarrangement. Theirrelationswiththehumanracewerenownotquitethesameastheyhadbeenbefore. ThehumanbeingsdidnothateAnimalFarmanylessnowthatitwasprospering;indeed,theyhateditmorethanever. Everyhumanbeinghelditasanarticleoffaiththatthefarmwouldgobankruptsoonerorlater,and,aboveall,thatthewindmillwouldbeafailure. Theywouldmeetinthepublic-housesandprovetooneanotherbymeansofdiagramsthatthewindmillwasboundtofalldown,orthatifitdidstandup,thenthatitwouldneverwork. Andyet,againsttheirwill,theyhaddevelopedacertainrespectfortheefficiencywithwhichtheanimalsweremanagingtheirownaffairs. OnesymptomofthiswasthattheyhadbeguntocallAnimalFarmbyitspropernameandceasedtopretendthatitwascalledtheManorFarm. TheyhadalsodroppedtheirchampionshipofJones,whohadgivenuphopeofgettinghisfarmbackandgonetoliveinanotherpartofthecounty. ExceptthroughWhymper,therewasasyetnocontactbetweenAnimalFarmandtheoutsideworld,buttherewereconstantrumoursthatNapoleonwasabouttoenterintoadefinitebusinessagreementeitherwithMr.PilkingtonofFoxwoodorwithMr.FrederickofPinchfieldbutnever,itwasnoticed,withbothsimultaneously. 

           Itwasaboutthistimethatthepigssuddenlymovedintothefarmhouseandtookuptheirresidencethere. Againtheanimalsseemedtorememberthataresolutionagainstthishadbeenpassedintheearlydays,andagainSquealerwasabletoconvincethemthatthiswasnotthecase. Itwasabsolutelynecessary,hesaid,thatthepigs,whowerethebrainsofthefarm,shouldhaveaquietplacetoworkin. ItwasalsomoresuitedtothedignityoftheLeader(foroflatehehadtakentospeakingofNapoleonunderthetitleof"Leader")toliveinahousethaninameresty. 

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