Dec 26, 2009
As Jean Macquart finished sowing each furrow with grain, he paused and gazed over the wide, rich plain. As far as he could see, farmers were scattering their wheat, anxious to finish sowing before the frosts came. He met and talked with Françoise about the coming division of old Fouan’s property among his sons and son-in-law. In the notary’s office, plans for the division were being discussed with anger. Fouan could not bear to lose the land that had taken all of his strength to work and that he had loved more passionately than his wife. The rent and food he...
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