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The large copper samovar stands steaming on
the table, and several peculiar dishes are served,
sour milk prepared in a very savoury way, and
pancakes with poppy-jam, cucumber with honey,
delicacies which the children never get anywhere
else. The host makes the others eat without
partaking of anything himself, and has a serious
conversation with the tutor. Though uncle
Jacob uses local expressions which the children
do not understand, they like to hear him talk,
and admire his knowledge of the forest and of
all animals, whose lives and habits he seems to
know.
It is nearly six o’clock in the morning, and
time to start for the day’s work. So the party
spreads all round in the wood, giving signals now
and then to show where they are.
At three o’clock there is a second halt. On
the meadow where the horses are grazing the
coachman has lit a fire. A servant fetches water
from the nearest brook; a cloth is spread on the
grass and the meal is got ready. For that day
the barrier between master and servant seems
broken down, everybody has something to tell,
and to show the result of his labour.
After the meal, work is taken up again, but
with less zeal than before. Tania, who has been
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