The Silver Darlings (2011)
“It was suddenly both intimate and vacant, and over her came an urgent impulse to work. Chairs and stools she whisked outside; the beds were stripped and armfuls of blankets spread to the, sun; everything was shifted or taken down, until the whole household was in an uproar. Then she settled to the attack.
A fine girl, Barbara. Youth was away on the road.
Bran (successor to Oscar who had died from injury) lay at a few yards on the grass considering her now and then with some misgiving, b...ut keeping well clear of this odd frenzy that attacked humans occasionally. The cock was astonished as usual. One or two of the hens croaked in the quiet, reflective way they had at times, speaking to themselves like old women, while two or three young ones indulged in a luxurious bath near the peat-stack, fluffing now and then the fine black dust through their feathers.
Not that she wanted to be with Finn and Barbara. She was well content where she was.MoreLess
A fine girl, Barbara. Youth was away on the road.
Bran (successor to Oscar who had died from injury) lay at a few yards on the grass considering her now and then with some misgiving, b...ut keeping well clear of this odd frenzy that attacked humans occasionally. The cock was astonished as usual. One or two of the hens croaked in the quiet, reflective way they had at times, speaking to themselves like old women, while two or three young ones indulged in a luxurious bath near the peat-stack, fluffing now and then the fine black dust through their feathers.
Not that she wanted to be with Finn and Barbara. She was well content where she was.MoreLess
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