¡¡The
harvest—what
there
was—had
to
be
gathered
in
by
women
for
the
most
part;
and
when
Maud
looked
at
these
going
out
to
their
unwonted
toil,
a
baby
in
one
hand
and
a
reaping-hook
in
the
other,
and
thought
of
the
burden
of
sorrow
they
had
to
carry
as
well,
she
reproached
herself
for
weakly
yielding
to
her
grief;
and
yet
it
was
hard
to
combat
sometimes.
