Silence Farm
William Sharp
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 30, 2018)
Excerpt from Silence FarmA few rooks, flying low in scattered return, passed like blown leaves. But there was no wind. Across the seemingly breathless moors not a sound crept into the brooding still ness, except the wearisomely incessant croak ing of frogs. Near, Margaret Gray could hear nothing save the heavy breathing of the kye, the sudden scratching of rats, the dull rest less noise of shifting hoofs, the soft scrunch ing of silky ๏ฌanks against smooth wood.When there was nothing left of all the broken wreck Of flame but a single blood - red splatch, like a windy pennon over a lost field, Margaret abruptly moved. A loud, stertorous breathing within the byre had caught her ear.She had already finished the milking the dung, too, had been swept into the byre gutter. There was no more to see to than Whiteleaf, the new southland cow that was heavy with calf.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.