Which of the following sentences from "The Balek Scales" does NOT support the story's theme of oppression and inequality?
"For five generations they had been breathing
m the dust which rose from the crushed flax
stalks letting themselves be killed off by slow
degrees, a race of long-suffering, cheerful people
who ate goat cheese, potatoes, and now and then
a rabbit...'
"Durmg the day they would carry the flax
stalks to the antiquated machmes, with no
protection from the dust and at the mercy from
the heat which came pourmg out of the drymg
'Each cottage contained only one bed,
standmg against the wall like a closet and
reserced for the parents, while the children slept
all round the room on benches. "
"The children would crawl deep into the green
darkness of the forest during the autumn when
dampness drove the mushrooms out of the soil,
and almost every family had its places
where it gathered mushrooms, places which were
handed do-em m whispers from generation to
generation. "
