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"
The
cottagers
arose
the
next
morning
before
the
sun
.
The
young
woman
arranged
the
cottage
and
prepared
the
food
,
and
the
youth
departed
after
the
first
meal
.
"
This
day
was
passed
in
the
same
routine
as
that
which
preceded
it
.
The
young
man
was
constantly
employed
out
of
doors
,
and
the
girl
in
various
laborious
occupations
within
.
The
old
man
,
whom
I
soon
perceived
to
be
blind
,
employed
his
leisure
hours
on
his
instrument
or
in
contemplation
.
Nothing
could
exceed
the
love
and
respect
which
the
younger
cottagers
exhibited
towards
their
venerable
companion
.
They
performed
towards
him
every
little
office
of
affection
and
duty
with
gentleness
,
and
he
rewarded
them
by
his
benevolent
smiles
.
"
They
were
not
entirely
happy
.
The
young
man
and
his
companion
often
went
apart
and
appeared
to
weep
.
I
saw
no
cause
for
their
unhappiness
,
but
I
was
deeply
affected
by
it
.
If
such
lovely
creatures
were
miserable
,
it
was
less
strange
that
I
,
an
imperfect
and
solitary
being
,
should
be
wretched
.
Yet
why
were
these
gentle
beings
unhappy
?
They
possessed
a
delightful
house
(
for
such
it
was
in
my
eyes
)
and
every
luxury
;
they
had
a
fire
to
warm
them
when
chill
and
delicious
viands
when
hungry
;
they
were
dressed
in
excellent
clothes
;
and
,
still
more
,
they
enjoyed
one
another
's
company
and
speech
,
interchanging
each
day
looks
of
affection
and
kindness
.
What
did
their
tears
imply
?
Did
they
really
express
pain
?
I
was
at
first
unable
to
solve
these
questions
,
but
perpetual
attention
and
time
explained
to
me
many
appearances
which
were
at
first
enigmatic
.
"
A
considerable
period
elapsed
before
I
discovered
one
of
the
causes
of
the
uneasiness
of
this
amiable
family
:
it
was
poverty
,
and
they
suffered
that
evil
in
a
very
distressing
degree
.
Their
nourishment
consisted
entirely
of
the
vegetables
of
their
garden
and
the
milk
of
one
cow
,
which
gave
very
little
during
the
winter
,
when
its
masters
could
scarcely
procure
food
to
support
it
.
They
often
,
I
believe
,
suffered
the
pangs
of
hunger
very
poignantly
,
especially
the
two
younger
cottagers
,
for
several
times
they
placed
food
before
the
old
man
when
they
reserved
none
for
themselves
.
"
This
trait
of
kindness
moved
me
sensibly
.
I
had
been
accustomed
,
during
the
night
,
to
steal
a
part
of
their
store
for
my
own
consumption
,
but
when
I
found
that
in
doing
this
I
inflicted
pain
on
the
cottagers
,
I
abstained
and
satisfied
myself
with
berries
,
nuts
,
and
roots
which
I
gathered
from
a
neighbouring
wood
.
"
I
discovered
also
another
means
through
which
I
was
enabled
to
assist
their
labours
.
I
found
that
the
youth
spent
a
great
part
of
each
day
in
collecting
wood
for
the
family
fire
,
and
during
the
night
I
often
took
his
tools
,
the
use
of
which
I
quickly
discovered
,
and
brought
home
firing
sufficient
for
the
consumption
of
several
days
.
"
I
remember
,
the
first
time
that
I
did
this
,
the
young
woman
,
when
she
opened
the
door
in
the
morning
,
appeared
greatly
astonished
on
seeing
a
great
pile
of
wood
on
the
outside
.
She
uttered
some
words
in
a
loud
voice
,
and
the
youth
joined
her
,
who
also
expressed
surprise
.
I
observed
,
with
pleasure
,
that
he
did
not
go
to
the
forest
that
day
,
but
spent
it
in
repairing
the
cottage
and
cultivating
the
garden
.
"
By
degrees
I
made
a
discovery
of
still
greater
moment
.
I
found
that
these
people
possessed
a
method
of
communicating
their
experience
and
feelings
to
one
another
by
articulate
sounds
.
I
perceived
that
the
words
they
spoke
sometimes
produced
pleasure
or
pain
,
smiles
or
sadness
,
in
the
minds
and
countenances
of
the
hearers
.
This
was
indeed
a
godlike
science
,
and
I
ardently
desired
to
become
acquainted
with
it
.
But
I
was
baffled
in
every
attempt
I
made
for
this
purpose
.
Their
pronunciation
was
quick
,
and
the
words
they
uttered
,
not
having
any
apparent
connection
with
visible
objects
,
I
was
unable
to
discover
any
clue
by
which
I
could
unravel
the
mystery
of
their
reference
.
By
great
application
,
however
,
and
after
having
remained
during
the
space
of
several
revolutions
of
the
moon
in
my
hovel
,
I
discovered
the
names
that
were
given
to
some
of
the
most
familiar
objects
of
discourse
;
I
learned
and
applied
the
words
,
'
fire
,
'
'
milk
,
'
'
bread
,
'
and
'
wood
.
'
I
learned
also
the
names
of
the
cottagers
themselves
.
The
youth
and
his
companion
had
each
of
them
several
names
,
but
the
old
man
had
only
one
,
which
was
'
father
.
'
The
girl
was
called
'
sister
'
or
'
Agatha
,
'
and
the
youth
'
Felix
,
'
'
brother
,
'
or
'
son
.
'
I
can
not
describe
the
delight
I
felt
when
I
learned
the
ideas
appropriated
to
each
of
these
sounds
and
was
able
to
pronounce
them
.
I
distinguished
several
other
words
without
being
able
as
yet
to
understand
or
apply
them
,
such
as
'
good
,
'
'
dearest
,
'
'
unhappy
.
'
"
I
spent
the
winter
in
this
manner
.
The
gentle
manners
and
beauty
of
the
cottagers
greatly
endeared
them
to
me
;
when
they
were
unhappy
,
I
felt
depressed
;
when
they
rejoiced
,
I
sympathized
in
their
joys
.
I
saw
few
human
beings
besides
them
,
and
if
any
other
happened
to
enter
the
cottage
,
their
harsh
manners
and
rude
gait
only
enhanced
to
me
the
superior
accomplishments
of
my
friends
.
The
old
man
,
I
could
perceive
,
often
endeavoured
to
encourage
his
children
,
as
sometimes
I
found
that
he
called
them
,
to
cast
off
their
melancholy
.
He
would
talk
in
a
cheerful
accent
,
with
an
expression
of
goodness
that
bestowed
pleasure
even
upon
me
.
