At length it was the eve of Old Lady-Day, and the agricultural world was in a fever of mobility such as only occurs at that particular date of the year. It is a day of fulfilment; agreements for outdoor service during the ensuing year, entered into at Candlemas, are to be now carried out. The labourers -- or "work-folk", as they used to call themselves immemorially till the other word was introduced from without -- who wish to remain no longer in old places are removing to the new farms.

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