The Coming of the Dawn 



beaten into making terms. From the 

 fact that they do not do so I infer that 

 the old girls rather like these nocturnes 

 in all sorts of keys, or at least become 

 indifferent to them, otherwise they 

 wouldn't stand for them. I suppose 

 that some of "the younger set," the 

 pullets, with life still largely in the 

 future, may perhaps find sweet music 

 in those mighty efforts, but the ma- 

 trons of the flock surely must weary of 

 them ere daylight comes to cut the 

 crowing short. 



Having shown that there is not ne- 

 cessarily any real relationship between 

 Aurora and the roosters, let us now 

 assume that it is say 3 130 a.m. of the 

 15th day of May. That dog over 

 there on the old Rippet place is barking 

 about something concerning which he 

 probably knows nothing, but apart 

 from that peace reigns. Unseen hands 

 have already been busy, however, 

 setting the stage for the transformation 

 scene about to be enacted. The stars 

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