Adam Bede Chapter 11 - In the Cottage

In which the dawn breaks quietly over a household touched by grief, and the steady hands and stout hearts of the Bede family set about the somber task before them, with gentle kindness and unspoken thoughts moving between them. The simplicity of rural life and the intertwined hopes and hesitations of young men and women are laid bare in their words and work, beneath the watching eyes of a faithful dog and the scent of herbs on the morning air.