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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. 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
 night you saw any signs of war, when clouds flashed now and then and curious rockets peered. Albert robbed of peace was deserted even by war. I will not say that Albert was devastated or desolate, for these long words have different interpretations and may easily be exaggerated. A German agent might say to you, "Devastated is rather a strong word, and desolate is a matter of opinion." And so you might never know what Albert is like. I will tell you what I saw. Albert was a large town. I will not write of all of it. I sat down near a railway bridge at the edge of the town; I think I was near the station; and 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.  WAS FAR FROM IT ONLY AT NIGHT YOU SAW ANY SIGNS OF WAR WHEN CLOUDS FLASH NOW AND THEN AND CURIOUS ROCKETS PEERED ALBERT ROBBED OF PEACE WAS DESERTED EVEN BY WAR I WILL NOT SAY THAT ALBERT WAS DEVASTATED OR DESOLATE FOR THESE LONG WORDS HAVE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS AND MAY EASILY BE EXAGGERATED A GERMAN AGENT MIGHT SAY TO YOU DEVASTATED IS RATHER A STRONG WORD AND DESOLATE IS A MATTER OF OPINION AND SO YOU MIGHT NEVER KNOW WHAT ALBERT IS LIKE I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I SAW ALBERT WAS A LARGE TOWN I WILL NOT WRITE OF ALL OF IT I SAT DOWN NEAR A RAILWAY BRIDGE AT THE EDGE OF THE TOWN I THINK I WAS NEAR 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
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