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The routine of Three Rivers went on with the regularity of a military establishment. The last of the apples had been picked and stored in fragrant hay in the loft above the jam pantry, in company with the pumpkins. In the dairy, cheese and vats of butter kept company with the crocks of eggs pickled by a method of Mrs Mazere's devising, much esteemed around Bool Bool.
After the first frost, to enhance their flavour, the Swede turnips and parsnips were buried in pits that produced hillocks like burial mounds near the stables. The potatoes had for some time been abed.