Here and there the reapers were at work,and in the plots where the scythe had been put in the men might be seensee-sawing as they swept the level soil with the broad, wing-shapedblade.
On commençait à moissonner par places, et dansles champs attaqués par les faux on voyait les hommes se balancer enpromenant au ras du sol leur grande lame en forme d'aile.