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I speak of one garden in Arras; and you might walk from there, south by east for weeks, and find no garden that has suffered less. I SPEAK OF ONE GARDEN AN ARRAS AND YOU MIGHT WALK FROM THERE SOUTH BY EAST FOR WEEKS AND FIND NO GARDEN THAT HAS SUFFERED LESS
weeds. On the raised centre many flower-pots were neatly arranged once: they stand in orderly lines, but each separate one is broken: none contain flowers any more, but only grass. And the glass of the greenhouse lies there in showers, all grey. No one has tidied anything up there for years. A meadow-sweet had come into that greenhouse and dwelt there in that abode of fine tropical flowers, and one night an elder tree had entered and is now as high as the house, and at the end of the greenhouse grass has come in like a wave; for change and disaster are far-reaching and are only mirrored here. This desolate garden and its mined house are a part of hundreds of thousands such, or millions. Mathematics will give you no picture of what France has suffered. If I tell you what one garden is like, one village, one house, one cathedral, after the German war has swept by, and if you read my words, I may help you perhaps to imagine more easily what France has suffered than if I spoke of millions. OSSESSED BY GRASS AND WEEDS ON THE RAISED CENTER MANY FLOWER POTS WERE NEATLY ARRANGED ONCE THEY STAND IN ORDERLY LINES BUT EACH SEPARATE ONE IS BROKEN NONE CONTAIN FLOWERS ANY MORE BUT ONLY GRASS AND THE GLASS OF THE GREENHOUSE LIES THERE IN SHOWERS ALL GREY NO ONE HAS TIDIED ANYTHING UP THERE FOR YEARS A MEADOW SUITE HAD COME INTO THAT GREEN HOUSE AND DWELT THERE IN THAT ABODE OF FINE TROPICAL FLOWERS AND ONE NIGHT AN ELDER TREE HAD ENTERED AND IS NOW AS HIGH AS THE HOUSE AND AT THE END OF THE GREEN HOUSE GRASS HAS COME IN LIKE A WAVE FOR CHANGE AND DISASTER ARE FAR REACHING AND ARE ONLY MIRRORED HERE THIS DESOLATE GARDEN AND ITS MIND HOUSE ARE A PART OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SUCH OR MILLIONS MATHEMATICS WILL GIVE YOU NO PICTURE OF WHAT FRANCE HAS SUFFERED IF I TELL YOU THAT ONE GARDEN IS LIKE ONE VILLAGE ONE HOUSE ONE CATHEDRAL AFTER THE GERMAN WAR HAS SWEPT BY AND IF YOU READ MY WORDS I MAY HELP YOU PERHAPS TO IMAGINE MORE EASILY WHAT FRANCE HAS SUFFERED THAN IF I SPOKE OF MILLIONS
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