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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 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
small houses had stood there with little gardens; such as porters and other railway folk would have lived in. I sat down on the railway and looked at one of these houses, for it had clearly been a house. It was at the back of it that most remained, in what must have been a garden. A girder torn up like a pack of cards lay on the leg of a table amongst a brick wall by an apple-tree. Lower down in the heap was the frame-work of a large four-poster bed; through it all a vine 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 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. AR THE STATION AND SMALL HOUSES THAT STOOD THERE WITH LITTLE GARDENS SUCH AS PORTERS AND OTHER RAILWAY FOLK WOULD HAVE LIVED IN I SAT DOWN ON THE RAILWAY AND LOOKED AT ONE OF THESE HOUSES FOR IT HAD CLEARLY BEEN A HOUSE IT WAS AT THE BACK OF IT THAT MOST REMAINED IN WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A GARDEN A GIRDER TORN UP LIKE A PACK OF CARDS LAY ON THE LEG OF A TABLE AMONGST A BRICK WALL BY AN APPLE TREE LOWER DOWN IN THE HEAP WAS THE FRAMEWORK OF A LARGE FOUR POSTER BED THROUGH IT ALL A VINE 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
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