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Branches of rose break up through the myriad nettles, but only to be seized and choked by columbine. BRANCHES OF ROSE BREAK UP THROUGH THE MYRIAD NETTLES BUT ONLY TO BE SEIZED AND CHOKED BY COLUMBINE
mpty of furniture, empty of plaster, and entered the garden through an empty doorway. When I came near it seemed less like a garden. At first it had almost seemed to beckon to passers-by in the street, so rare are gardens now in this part of France, that it seemed to have more than a garden's share of mystery, all in the silence there at the back of the silent house; but when one entered it some of the mystery went, and seemed to hide in a further part of the garden amongst wild shrubs and innumerable weeds. British aeroplanes frequently roared over, disturbing the congregation of Arras Cathedral a few hundred yards away, who rose cawing and wheeled over the garden; for only jackdaws come to Arras Cathedral now, besides a few pigeons. Unkempt beside me a bamboo flourished wildly, having no need of man. On the other side of the small wild track that had been the garden path the skeletons of hothouses stood, surrounded by nettles; their pipes lay all about, shattered and riddled through. HOUSE EMPTY OF PEOPLE EMPTY OF FURNITURE EMPTY OF PLASTER AND ENTERED THE GARDEN THROUGH AN EMPTY DOORWAY WHEN I CAME NEAR IT SEEMED LESS LIKE A GARDEN AT FIRST IT HAD ALMOST SEEMED TO BECKON TO PASSERS BY IN THE STREET SO RARE GARDENS NOW IN THIS PART OF FRANCE THAT IT SEEMED TO HAVE MORE THAN A GARDEN'S SHARE OF MYSTERY ALL IN THE SILENCE THERE AT THE BACK OF THE SILENT HOUSE BUT WHEN ONE ENTERED IT SEEMED OF THE MYSTERY WENT AND SEEMED TO HIDE IN A FURTHER PART OF THE GARDEN AMONGST WILD SHRUBS AND INNUMERABLE WEEDS BRITISH AEROPLANES FREQUENTLY ROARED OVER DISTURBING THE CONGREGATION OF AIR'S CATHEDRAL A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY WHO ROSE CAWING AND WHEELED OVER THE GARDEN FOR ONLY JACKDAWS CAME TO ARIS CATHEDRAL NOW BESIDES A FEW PIGEONS UNKEMPT BESIDE ME A BAMBOO FLOURISHED WILDLY HAVING NO NEED OF MAN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SMALL WILD TRACK THAT HAD BEEN THE GARDEN PATH THE SKELETONS OF HOT HOUSES STOOD SURROUNDED BY NETTLES THEIR PIPES LAY ALL ABOUT SHATTERED AND RIDDLED THROUGH
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