. The bird . labourers, we lived among the vines; it was our before the grape ripened, we had numerous othervintages, those of the fruit-trees-—cherries, apricots,peaches. Even at a later period, the apples and thepears imposed upon us new and severe labours, inwhich it was a matter of conscience that our handsshould be employed. And thus, even in winter, thesenecessities returned—to act, to laugh, and to do last tasks, occurring in mid-November, were perhapsthe most delightful; a light mist then enfolded every-thing ; I have seen nothing like it elsewhere; it was adream,
. The bird . labourers, we lived among the vines; it was our before the grape ripened, we had numerous othervintages, those of the fruit-trees-—cherries, apricots,peaches. Even at a later period, the apples and thepears imposed upon us new and severe labours, inwhich it was a matter of conscience that our handsshould be employed. And thus, even in winter, thesenecessities returned—to act, to laugh, and to do last tasks, occurring in mid-November, were perhapsthe most delightful; a light mist then enfolded every-thing ; I have seen nothing like it elsewhere; it was adream, an enchantment. All objects were transfiguredunder the wavy folds of the vast pearl-gray canopywhich, at the breath of the warm autumn, lovinglyalighted hither and thither, like a farewell kiss. The dignified hospitality of my mother, my fatherschann of manner and piquant conversation, drew uponus also the unforeseen distractions of visitors from thetown, constraining suspensions of our studies, at which
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