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F. Tennyson Jesse. Secret Bread
Secret Bread
Table of Contents
BOOK I—SOWING
CHAPTER
BOOK II—GROWTH. CHAPTER
BOOK III—RIPENING. CHAPTER
BOOK IV—THE SHADOW OF THE SCYTHE. CHAPTER
BOOK V—HARVEST. CHAPTER
BOOK I
SOWING. SECRET BREAD
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
HIGH ADVENTURES IN A FARMYARD
CHAPTER II
THE MILL
CHAPTER III
THE KITCHEN
CHAPTER IV
PAGAN PASTORAL
CHAPTER V
HEAD OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER VI
REACTIONS
CHAPTER VII
THE CHAPEL
CHAPTER VIII
SEED-TIME
CHAPTER IX
FRESH PASTURE
CHAPTER X
HILARIA
CHAPTER XI
THE PLACE ON THE MOOR
CHAPTER XII
SOME AMBITIONS AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT
CHAPTER XIII
THE WRESTLING
CHAPTER XIV
THE WIND UPON THE GRASS-FIELD
BOOK II
GROWTH. CHAPTER I
A FAMILY ALBUM
CHAPTER II
WHAT MEN LIVE BY
CHAPTER III
FIRST FURROW
CHAPTER IV
THE SHADOW AT THE WINDOW
CHAPTER V
LULL BEFORE STORM
CHAPTER VI
THE BUSH-BEATING
CHAPTER VII
THE HEART OF THE CYCLONE
CHAPTER VIII
NEW HORIZONS
CHAPTER IX
HIDDEN SPRINGS
CHAPTER X
BLIND STEPS
CHAPTER XI
GLAMOUR
CHAPTER XII
SHEAVES
CHAPTER XIII
THE STILE
CHAPTER XIV
A LETTER
"MARY LETITIA GREY."
CHAPTER XV
BLOWN HUSKS
CHAPTER XVI
THE GREY WORLD
CHAPTER XVII
THE CLIFF AND THE VALLEY
CHAPTER XVIII
THE IMMORTAL MOMENT
BOOK III
RIPENING. CHAPTER I
UNDER-CURRENTS
CHAPTER II
THE PASSAGE
CHAPTER III
PHOEBE PAYS TOLL
CHAPTER IV
THE DISCOVERING OF NICKY
CHAPTER V
CENTRIPETAL MOVEMENT
CHAPTER VI
THE NATION AND NICKY
CHAPTER VII
PARADISE COTTAGE AGAIN
CHAPTER VIII
WHAT NICKY DID
CHAPTER IX
JUDITH'S WHITE NIGHT
CHAPTER X
LONE TRAILS
CHAPTER XI
WAYS OF LOVE
CHAPTER XII
GEORGIE
BOOK IV
THE SHADOW OF THE SCYTHE. CHAPTER I
QUESTIONS OF VISION
CHAPTER II
AUTUMN
CHAPTER III
BODIES OF FIRE
CHAPTER IV
THE NEW JUDITH
CHAPTER V
THE PARSON'S PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER VI
"SOMETHING MUST COME TO ALL OF US"
CHAPTER VII
EARTH
BOOK V
HARVEST. CHAPTER I
THE FOUR-ACRE
CHAPTER II
ARCHELAUS, NICKY, JIM
CHAPTER III
THE LETTERS
CHAPTER IV
HESTER
CHAPTER V
REAPING
CHAPTER VI
THRESHING
CHAPTER VII
GARNERED GRAIN
EPILOGUE
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F. Tennyson Jesse
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Lenine's mill, known as Vellan-Clowse, which means "The Mill by the Wood," nestled in a valley below the Cloon moor where the leet ran along built-up banks to the dam and then down a succession of wooden troughs to the crest of the wheel. Facing the mill was the great cluster of elms that headed the valley, and behind only a tiny little yard divided it from the steepness of the hillside. The trees were the biggest for miles in that wind-swept district, and the bed of the valley showed green and lush with its marshy pastures, where the ugly red and white cows were tearing at the grass. The wheel was standing dumb, as harvest was not yet garnered, and Boase and Ishmael passed the mill door and went on to the house. There the door stood open, as did the further one at the end of the cool, straight passage that looked dark by contrast with the yard beyond, where, under the blazing sun, a little girl was feeding some fowls. The whole scene, set in the black oblong of the doorway, was compact of blue and flame colour—the blue of the frock and the shadows and the pale flame of the gravel where the shadows lay and the deeper flame fowls clustered. The man and the boy looked through for a moment in silence, then Phoebe turned and saw them.
Phoebe Lenine, being a woman of some eight years old, shook the remains of the corn off her small blue lap with no signs of haste or discomposure, and, turning her back, called to a hidden corner of the yard.
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