Reverie

"It is easy for men who work in the fields all day long to fall into the habit of silence as the mull endlessly over one thing and another.  The mystery of things, their how and why, conduces to silence.  It is enough for such men to observe things and recognize their impenetrability.  You can see this state of mind reflected in their eyes.  My uncle Lansana's glance was astonishingly sharp when it lighted on something.  But this rarely occurred.  he remained entirely preoccupied, still in that reverie which he indulged in endlessly in the fields."

Camara Laye
The Dark Child