Chapter 20 The Broken Fence

Peth saw the fence break at first light on the sixty-third day, and he stood at the foot of the wheel with his case, and he looked at the fence, and the fence was broken at the low corner where the stone had a hole in it, and he said, "The fence is broken." "The fence is broken," said Kessin. "I will mend the fence," said Peth. "You will mend the fence," said Kessin. "I will mend the fence," said Peth. "And the hall will have the fence." "The hall has the fence," said Kessin. He went to the yard wall and he took the wood from the pile, and he took the nails from the chest of drawers, and he took the hammer from the bench, and he went to the fence, and the fence was broken, and he mended the fence. He mended the fence at the low corner, and he mended the fence at the high corner, and he mended the fence at the middle, and he mended the fence at the gate, and he mended the fence and the fence was the fence, and the yard was the yard. He stood at the foot of the fence and he looked at it, and he said, "The fence is mended." "The fence is mended," said Kessin. "The hall has the fence," said Peth. "The hall has the fence," said Kessin. "And the hall will pay you one crown," said Kessin. "One crown," said Peth. "And the hall will have the fence." "The hall will have the fence," said Kessin. She gave him the coin and he took the coin and he put it in his pocket, and he took the wood from the pile and he took the nails from the chest of drawers and he took the hammer from the bench, and he went out through the gate, and the gate opened and closed behind him. Turrel came in from the kitchen with the lamp and the cloth, and she saw the line on the ledger, and she did not say anything, and she put the bread on the shelf, and she lit the lamp, and she went to the stove, and she put the coffee on, and Kessin drank the coffee, and she said, "The fence is mended." "The fence is mended," said Turrel. "The hall has the fence," said Kessin. "The hall has the fence," said Turrel. "Then the hall will pay the debt," said Turrel. "Then the hall will pay the debt," said Kessin. "Then the hall will be the hall," said Turrel. "Then the hall will be the hall," said Kessin. Kessin went out to the yard and she looked at the fence, and the fence was mended, and the fence was the fence, and the yard was the yard, and the road was the road, and the board had nine cards on it, and the seventh card was blank. "I will write the seventh card," said Kessin. "You will not write the seventh card," said Turrel. "I will wait for the hall," said Kessin. "You will wait for the hall," said Turrel. The boy was at the bench with his case, and the boy looked at the fence, and the fence was the fence, and the boy said, "The fence is mended." "The fence is mended," said Kessin. "The hall has the fence," said Peth. "The hall has the fence," said Kessin. He took the chalk from his pocket and he went to the second corner of the lane, and he marked the stone, and he came back to the yard, and the chalk was on his thumb, and his boots were white at the sole, and the fence was mended, and the yard was the yard. Then Brin Lowmarstrand came up from the road with the cart, and the cart had two sacks of lime on it, and he took the lime into the yard and set it by the wall, and he said, "The lane is walked." "The lane is walked," said Kessin. "He walks it in the morning," said Brin. "And he walks it in the evening. And he marks the corners with his chalk, and he counts the stones, and he does not take the long way." "He does not take the long way," said Kessin. Brin looked at the board and he saw the nine cards on it, and the seventh card was blank, and he said, "The seventh card is the card of the lane." "The seventh card is the card of the lane," said Kessin. "Then the hall will have the lane," said Brin. "Then the hall will have the lane," said Kessin. Brin took the chalk and he wrote on the seventh card, and he wrote the boy's name on it, and the chalk was on his thumb, and his boots were white at the sole, and the card was the card, and the board was the board. "I will walk the lane every month," said Peth. "You will walk the lane every month," said Kessin. "I will mark the corners every month," said Peth. "You will mark the corners every month," said Kessin. "And the hall will pay you a crown each month," said Kessin. "The hall will pay me a crown each month," said Peth. Kessin took the pen and she wrote the line on the ledger, and the line was small and neat, and she put the pen down, and the boy was at the bench, and the donkey slept at the gate, and the yard was the yard, and the road was the road, and the hall was the hall. Then the eighth card was taken from the box, and the eighth card was white, and Kessin held the white card in her hand and she did not write on it. "You will write on the eighth card," said Turrel. "I will wait," said Kessin. "You will wait," said Turrel. "And the hall will wait, and the lane will be walked, and the boy will mark the corners, and the white card will be white." "The white card will be white," said Kessin. She put the white card on the board, and the board had ten cards on it now, and the eighth card was white, and the chalk was on her thumb, and the coffee was on the stove, and the lamp was lit, and the donkey was asleep at the gate, and the night came on, and the road went away down the hill, and something came up the road.---