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Wild rose trees show here and there, or roses that have ran wild like the cats of No Man's Land: And once I saw a rose bush that had been planted in a pot and still grew there, as though it still remembered man, but the flower pot was shattered, like all the pots in that garden, and the rose grew wild as any in any hedge. WILD ROSE TREES SHOW HERE AND THERE OR ROSES THAT HAVE RAN WILD LIKE THE CATS OF NO MAN'S LAND AND ONCE I SAW A ROSE BUSH THAT HAD BEEN PLANTED IN A POT AND STILL GREW THERE AS THOUGH IT STILL REMEMBERED MAN BUT THE FLOWER POT WAS SHATTERED LIKE ALL THE POTS IN THAT GARDEN AND THE ROSE GREW WILD AS ANY IN ANY HEDGE
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. 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. It is all weeds and elders. An apple-tree rises out of a mass of nettles, but it is quite dead. NHOUSE 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 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 IT IS ALL WEEDS AND ELDERS AN APPLE TREE RISES OUT OF THE MASS OF NETTLES BUT IT IS QUITE DEAD
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