but each
man saved
his teeth
for better
use, –
munching
at brown
crust and
cold meat
right
lustily.
In front
of them,
one of the
high-roads
crawled up
the steep
hill and
then
dipped
suddenly
over its
crest,
sharp-cut
with
hedgerow
and shaggy
grass
against
the sky.
Over the
top of the
windy hill
peeped the
eaves of a
few houses
of the
village
that fell
back into
the valley
behind;
there,
also,
showed the
top of a
windmill,
the sails
slowly
rising and
