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After looking for some while across the orchard one suddenly noticed that the cathedral had stood on the other side. It was draped, when we saw it closer, as with a huge grey cloak, the lead of its roof having come down and covered it. AFTER LOOKING FOR SOME WHILE ACROSS THE ORCHARD ONE SUDDENLY NOTICED THAT THE CATHEDRAL HAD STOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE IT WAS DRAPED WHEN WE SAW IT CLOSER AS WITH A HUGE GRAY CLOAK THE LEAD OF ITS ROOF HAVING COME DOWN AND COVERED IT
n and still alive; and at the edge of the heap lay a doll's green pram. Small though the house had been there was evidence in that heap of some prosperity in more than one generation. For the four-poster bed had been a fine one, good work in sound old timber, before the bits in the girder had driven it into the wall; and the green pram must have been the dowry of no ordinary, doll, but one with the best yellow curls whose blue eyes could move. One blue columbine close by mourned alone for the garden. The wall and the vine and the bed and the girder lay in an orchard, and some of the apple-trees were standing yet, though the orchard had been terribly wrecked by shell fire. All that still stood were dead. Some stood upon the very edge of craters; their leaves and twigs and bark had been stripped by one blast in a moment; and they had tottered, with stunted, black, gesticulating branches; and so they stood today. The curls of a mattress lay on the ground, clipped once from a horse's mane. INE CAME UP QUITE GREEN AND STILL ALIVE AND AT THE EDGE OF THE HEAP LAY A DOLL'S GREEN PRAM SMALL THOUGH THE HOUSE HAD BEEN THERE WAS EVIDENCE IN THAT HEAP OF SOME POSTERITY IN MORE THAN ONE GENERATION FOR THE FOUR POSTER BED HAD BEEN A FINE ONE GOOD WORK IN SOUND OLD TIMBER BEFORE THE BITS IN THE GIRDER HAD DRIVEN IT INTO THE WALL AND THE GREEN PRAM MUST HAVE BEEN THE DOWRY OF NO ORDINARY DULL BUT ONE WITH THE BEST YELLOW CURLS WHOSE BLUE EYES COULD MOVE ONE BLUE COLUMBINE CLOSE BY MOURNED ALONE FOR THE GARDEN THE WALL AND THE VINE AND THE BED AND THE GIRDER LAY IN AN ORCHARD AND SOME OF THE APPLE TREES WERE STANDING YET THOUGH THE ORCHARD HAD BEEN TERRIBLY WRECKED BY SHELL FIRE ALL THAT STILL STOOD WERE DEAD SOME STOOD UPON THE VERY EDGE OF CRATERS THEIR LEAVES AND TWIGS AND BARK HAD BEEN STRIPPED BY ONE BLAST IN A MOMENT AND THEY HAD TOTTERED WITH STUNTED BLACK GESTICULATING BRANCHES AND SO THEY STOOD TO DAY THE CURLS OF A MATTRESS LAY ON THE GROUND CLILIPPED ONCE FOR A HORSE'S MANE
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