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English
1336
Dorsetshire had attracted them from the first by a semblance of remoteness out of all proportion to its geographical position. But to the Boynes it was one of the ever recurring wonders of the whole incredibly compressed island    a nest of counties, as they put it    that for the production of its effects so little of a given quality went so far: that so few miles made a distance, and so short a distance a difference. DORSETSHIRE HAD ATTRACTED THEM FROM THE FIRST BY AN AIR OF REMOTENESS OUT OF ALL PROPORTION WITH ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION BUT TO THE BOYS IT WAS ONE OF THE EVER RECURRING WONDERS OF THE WHOLE INCREDIBLY COMPRESSED ISLAND A NEST OF COUNTIES AS THEY PUT IT THAT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ITS EFFECTS SO LITTLE OF A GIVEN DISTANCE WENT SO FAR THAT SO FEW MILES MADE A DISTANCE AND SO SHORT A DISTANCE A DIFFERENCE
dehooded fireplace, under just such black oak rafters, with the sense that beyond the mullioned panes the downs were darkening to a deeper solitude: it was for the ultimate indulgence in such sensations that Mary Boyne had endured for nearly fourteen years the soul-deadening ugliness of the Middle West, and that Boyne had ground on doggedly at his engineering till, with a suddenness that still made her blink, the prodigious windfall of the Blue Star Mine had put them at a stroke in possession of life and the leisure to taste it. They had never for a moment meant their new state to be one of idleness; but they meant to give themselves only to harmonious activities. She had her vision of painting and gardening against a background of gray walls, he dreamed of the production of his long-planned book on the "Economic Basis of Culture"; and with such absorbing work ahead no existence could be too sequestered; they could not get far enough from the world, or plunge deep enough into the past.  THE SENSE THAT BEYOND THE MULLIONED PANES THE DOWNS WERE DARKENED TO A DEEPER SOLITUDE IT WAS FOR THE ULTIMATE INDULGENCE OF SUCH SENSATIONS THAT MARY BOYNE ABRUPTLY EXILED FROM NEW YORK BY HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS HAD ENDURED FOR NEARLY FOURTEEN YEARS THE SOLE DEADENING UGLINESS OF A MIDDLE WESTERN TOWN AND THAT BOYNE HAD GROUND ON DOGGEDLY AT HIS ENGINEERING TILL WITH A SUDDENNESS THAT STILL MADE HER BLINK THE PRODIGIOUS WINDFALL OF THE BLUE STAR MINE HAD PUT THEM AT A STROKE IN POSSESSION OF LIFE AND THE LEISURE TO TASTE IT THEY HAD NEVER FOR A MOMENT MEANT THEIR NEW STATE TO BE ONE OF IDLENESS BUT THEY MEANT TO GIVE THEMSELVES ONLY TO HARMONIOUS ACTIVITIES SHE HAD HER VISION OF PAINTING AND GARDENING AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF GREY WALLS HE DREAMED OF THE PRODUCTION OF HIS LONG PLANNED BOOK ON THE QUOTE ECONOMIC BASIS OF CULTURE QUOTE AND WITH SUCH ABSORBING WORK AHEAD NO EXISTENCE COULD BE TOO SEQUESTERED THEY COULD NOT GET FAR ENOUGH FROM THE WORLD OR PLUNGE DEEP ENOUGH INTO THE PAST
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