driving along the side street and calling out in a voice peculiar

to his trade, "Milk! milk! milk!"

The first warm spring rain had fallen the day before, and now

wherever the ground was not paved the grass shone green. The

birch trees in the gardens looked as if they were strewn with

green fluff, the wild cherry and the poplars unrolled their long,

balmy buds, and in shops and dwelling-houses the double

window-frames were being removed and the windows cleaned.