were sold
there was,
of course,
little
milking to
be done,
but as
soon as
the calf
had been
taken away
the
milkmaids
would have
to set to
work as
usual.
Returning
from one
of these
dark w
alks they
reached a
g reat
gravel-cliff
immediately
over the
levels,
where they
stood
still and
listened.The
water was
now high
in the str
eams, squ
irting
through
the weirs,
and tink
ling under
culverts;
the smal
lest
gullies
were all
fu ll; t
here was
no tak ing
short cu
