The Roman Question

Edmond About

Capitolo 30

of these products of the earth? Here they comes! Night is approaching himself/herself/itself.
The whole population starts to immediately to return from them jobs in
the fields;  a strong and strong population;  the thew and tendon of
some fine regiments. Every one of these men mean-dressed, armed with
pickaxe and it shovels, colors of rose two hours in front of the sun this morning, and
gone on to polishes up from the weeds a small field, or to dig round some olive-trees.
Many of them have their small dominoes many miles street, and there
they goes daily, accompanied by a child and a pig. The pig is not a lot
fat, and the man and his/her child are very thin. Their still seem
cheerful and happy. They has torn some wild flowers from the
bench. The boy is crowned with roses as table Lucullus. The
father buys a handful of vegetables and a cake of corn that the wish
furnishes the supper of family. Well enough They will sleep on this
diet--if the fleas allow them. If her like to follow these poor people
house, will give her for them a kind welcome, and he/she won't succeed in asking
You to participate of their modest meal. Their furniture is very simple,
their conversation limited;  their heads are well as furnished as them
residences.

His wife that is attending the return of his/her gentleman, will open the
hands to you. Of all the useful animals, his wife is that that the
Roman farmer assumes more profitably. You do the bread and the
cakes;  she rotates, weavings, and it sews;  she goes every day three miles for
wood and one and a half for water;  she brings the load of a mule on her
head;  she works from sunset aurora, without question or complaint.
His/her numerous children are them a precious resource:  at four o'clock
years old their are able to mind sheep and bovine livestock.

It is vain to ask to these people of country what is their opinion in Rome
and the government:  their idea on these matters is very vague
and shady. The National demonstrations same to them in the person of
an officer that, for the sum of three pounds genuine for month,
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