mistress and the governess would come in and help to fold. Then th ironing went on at the great table, and by nine o'clock at night the work Was finished—a good twenty hours day!
And this from A Farmer's Boy, by Himself:
I was getting four and six a week when I was between fourteen and fifteen, but I worked many a day with the men. I have been with a Band rake swath-turning round and round a big field keeping up With the men, and my dinner for Only a bit of bread and lard. not butter, and a lump of cheese and some sort of meat and paste. Just Starting from home about si Shirty in the morning in the harvest time and not getting home till ten at night.
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