Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...work for my mistress's food; oh! how much sweeter still to work at the same time to nourish the life of a family of equals and brothers! When each shall labor for all, and all for each, how light will be the toil, how fair our life!" "Yes, my profession, in that case, would be one of the most elegant!" said the miller, with a smile of quick intelligence. "Grain is the noblest of plants; bread the purest of food. My function might well deserve some esteem, and on holidays a crown of wheat-cars and bluebells might be wreathed around poor Grand, -Louise, to whom no one pays any attention now; but what would you have? In these days of ours, as M. Bricolin says, I am only a mercenary in his employ, and he says of me; 'A man like him think of mv daughter! A wretch who grinds the grain, when it is I who sow the sepo and possess the earth!' A fine difference, nevertheless! My hands are cleaner than his are with turning over manure; that is all. So now, my boy, the work is done, let us make haste with the soup. I will warrant you will think it better than in the morning, though it should be ten times as salt; and then I will take myself.to Blanchemont, to carry.these two sacks." "Without me?" "Doubtless! Have you a fancy to be seen at the farm?" "Nobody there knows me." "That is true. But what would you do there?" "Nothing; I will help you unload your sacks." "And what good will that do you?" "I may see somehody pass through the court." "And if somebody should not pass?" "I shall sec the house that she inhabits. Perhaps I shall hear her name spoken." "In my opinion we might give ourselves that pleasure without going so far...".