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Updated: May 11, 2025
They carefully combed and cleaned their black velvet ruffs, smoothed their sharp-striped feathers one by one, fondled and rubbed their downy breasts till they shone like new-blown roses.... And Jaak and Stafke sat watching this, sat watching this, like two steel statues, sweating in that warm loft. They did not stir nor speak a single word. And that lasted and went on.... It grew dusk.
They both together stood up straight, gave a long-drawn sigh and went below. "It's getting dark," said Jaak, wiping the sweat from his face. "The cows will be waiting." "Yes," said Stafke. "It gets evening all at once. Well, Jaak, till Sunday."
Since then, it had been an endless roving after work, from one farm to another, with his bundle under his arm. Stafke had remained serving at Willems', with father, and he, on Sunday afternoons, had not so far to go, under the burning sun, in order to get home.
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