Johannes Vermeer Christ in the House of Mary and Martha

Johannes Vermeer Christ in the House of Mary and MarthaUnknown Artist warmth by volkUnknown Artist James Wiens Birch Silhouette I
Here we go again!’
‘Any more for the Skylark?’
‘Put a sock in it . . .’
The cries trailed off.
Half a dozenmore than go up and
down a field -‘
‘- very fast -‘
‘- cutting the corn like that and stripping the grain off -‘ ‘lt’s done three rows already.’
‘Bugger me!’
‘You can’t hardly see the bits move! What do you think of that, Bill? Bill?’ pairs of eyes followed the Combination Harvester up the field, stared while it was turned around on the headland, watched it come back again.It clicked past, reciprocating and oscillating. At the bottom of the field it turned around neatly. It whirred by again.After a while one of the watchers said, gloomily, ‘It’ll never catch on, you mark my words.’‘Right enough. Who’s going to want a gadget like that?’ said another.‘Sure and it’s only like a big clock. Can’t do anything
They looked around.