“Goodbye to farm and field, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, all who came round, and it happened natural as day and night, one turning into another. It happened with hardly a sigh. Everybody hugging us tight, arms wrapped round and bodies swaying, close embracing like a waltz….”

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