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Above the dug out a patch of jagged earth shows in three clear layers under the weeds: four inches of grey road metal, imported, for all this country is chalk and clay; two inches of flint below it, and under that an inch of a bright red stone. ABOVE THE DUGOUT A PATCH OF JAGGED EARTH SHOWS IN THREE CLEAR LAYERS UNDER THE WEEDS FOUR INCHES OF GREY ROAD METAL IMPORTED FOR ALL THIS COUNTRY IS CHALK AND CLAY TWO INCHES OF FLINT BELOW IT AND UNDER THAT AN INCH OF BRIGHT RED STONE
 all her wealth and luxury, comes back to her old inheritance, holding again the land that she held so long, before the houses came. A garden gate of iron has been flung across a wall. Then a deep cellar into which a whole house seems to have slanted down. In the midst of all this is an orchard. A huge shell has uprooted, but not killed, an apple-tree; another apple-tree stands stone dead on the edge of a crater: most of the trees are dead. British aeroplanes drone over continually. A great gun goes by towards Bapaume, dragged by a slow engine with caterpillar wheels. The gun is all blotched green and yellow. Four or five men are seated on the huge barrel alone. Dark old steps near the orchard run down into a dug-out, with a cartridge-case tied to a piece of wood beside it to beat when the gas came. A telephone wire lies listlessly by the opening. A patch of Michaelmas daisies, deep mauve and pale mauve, and a bright yellow flower beside them, show where a garden used to stand near by. N AND RUBBISH NATURE WITH ALL HER WEALTH AND LUXURY COMES BACK TO HER OLD INHERITANCE HOLDING AGAIN THE LAND THAT SHE HELD SO LONG BEFORE THE HOUSES CAME A GARDEN GATE OF IRON HAS BEEN FLUNG ACROSS A WALL THEN A DEEP CELLAR INTO WHICH A WHOLE HOUSE SEEMS TO HAVE SLANTED DOWN IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS IS AN ORCHARD A HUGE SHELL HAS UPROOTED BUT NOT KILLED AN APPLE TREE ANOTHER APPLE TREE STANDS STONE DEAD ON THE EDGE OF A CRATER MOST OF THE TREES ARE DEAD BRITISH AEROPLANES DRAWN OVER CONTINUALLY A GREAT GUN GOES BY TOWARDS BAPOON DRAGGED BY A SLOW ENGINE WITH CATERPILLAR WHEELS THE GUN IS ALL BLOTCHED GREEN AND YELLOW FOUR OR FIVE MEN ARE SEATED ON THE HUGE BARREL ALONE DARK OLD STEPS NEAR THE ORCHARD RUN DOWN INTO A DUGOUT WITH A CARTRIDGE CASE TIED TO A PIECE OF WOOD BESIDE IT TO BEAT WHEN THE GAS COMES A TELEPHONE WIRE LIES LISTLESSLY BY THE OPENING A PATCH OF MICHAELMAS DAISIES DEEP MAUVE AND PALE MAUVE AND A BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWER BESIDE THEM SHOW WHERE A GARDEN USED TO STAND NEAR BY
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