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We turn no more, perhaps, than the corner of a single page in our prying, but we catch a glimpse there of things so gorgeous, in the book that we are not meant to see, that it is worth while to travel to far countries, whoever can, to see one of those books, and where the edges are turned up a little to catch sight of those strange winged bulls and mysterious kings and lion headed gods that were not meant for us. WE TURN NO MORE PERHAPS THAN THE CORNER OF A SINGLE PAGE IN OUR PRYING BUT WE CATCH A GLIMPSE THERE OF THINGS SO GORGEOUS IN THE BOOK THAT WE ARE NOT MEANT TO SEE THAT IT IS WORTH WHILE TO TRAVEL TO FAR COUNTRIES WHOEVER CAN TO SEE ONE OF THOSE BOOKS AND WHERE THE EDGES ARE TURNED UP A LITTLE TO CATCH SIGHT OF THOSE STRANGE WINGED BULLS AND MYSTERIOUS KINGS AND LION HEADED GODS THAT WERE NOT MEANT FOR US
uin and wasted fields; but the little valley ran into the wood of Bécourt and sheltered there, and there you saw scarcely any signs of war. It might almost have been an English valley, by the side of an English wood. The soil was the same brown clay that you see in the south Of England above the downs and the chalk; the wood was a hazel wood, such as grow in England, thinned a good deal, as English hazels are, but with several tall trees still growing; and plants were there and late flowers, such as grow in Surrey and Kent. And at the end of the valley, just in the shadow of that familiar homely wood, a hundred British officers rest for ever. As the world is today perhaps that obscure spot, as fittingly as any, might be named the Happy Valley. In Bethune Under all ruins is history, as every tourist knows. Indeed, the dust that gathers above the ruin of cities may be said to be the cover of the most wonderful of the picture-books of Time, those secret books into which we sometimes peep.  PART ELEVEN OF UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS THIS IS A LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX ACCORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY BETTY B UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS BY LORD DUNSTANY PART ELEVEN IN BETHUNE UNDER ALL RUINS IS HISTORY AS EVERY TOURIST KNOWS INDEED THE DUST THAT GATHERS ABOVE THE RUIN OF CITIES MAY BE SAID TO BE THE COVER OF THE MOST WONDERFUL OF THE PICTURE BOOKS OF TIME THESE SECRET BOOKS INTO WHICH WE SOMETIMES PEEP
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