The Untilled Field by George (George Augustus) Moore
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you were to bring pencil and paper and write down all you heard.
If you had known years ago all this young lady is going to tell you you would be rolling in your carriages to-day." Then the priest asked the lecturer to go on, and the lady explained that to get hens to lay about Christmas time, when eggs fetched the best price, you must bring on your pullets early. "You must," she said, "set your eggs in January." "You hear that," said the priest. "Is there anyone who has got anything to say about that? Why is it that you don't set your eggs in January?" No one answered, and the lecturer went on to tell of the advantages that would come to the poultry-keeper whose eggs were hatched in December. As she said this, the priest's eyes fell upon Biddy M'Hale, and, seeing that she was smiling, he asked her if there was any reason why eggs could not be hatched in the beginning of January. "Now, Biddy, you must know all about this, and I insist on your telling us. We are here to learn." Biddy did not answer. "Then what were you smiling at?" "I wasn't smiling, your reverence." |
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