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You knew then as you looked at those webs across all the paths in the garden that any that you might fancy walking the small paths still, were but grey ghosts gone from thence, no more than dreams, hopes and imaginings, something altogether weaker than spiders webs. YOU KNEW THEN AS YOU LOOKED AT THOSE WEBS ACROSS ALL THE PATHS AND THE GARDEN THAT ANY THAT YOU MIGHT FANCY WALKING THE SMALL PATHS STILL WERE BUT GREY GHOSTS GONE FROM THENCE NO MORE THAN DREAMS HOPES AND IMAGININGS SOMETHING ALTOGETHER WEAKER THAN SPIDER'S WEBS
n, and the rose grew wild as any in any hedge. The ivy alone grows on over a mighty wall, and seems to care not. The ivy alone seems not to mourn, but to have added the last four years to its growth as though they were ordinary years. That corner of the wall alone whispers not of disaster, it only seems to tell of the passing of years, which makes the ivy strong, and for which in peace as in war there is no cure. All the rest speaks of war, of war that comes to gardens, without banners or trumpets or splendour, and roots up everything, and turns round and smashes the house, and leaves it all desolate, and forgets and goes away. And when the histories of the war are written, attacks and counter-attacks and the doom of Emperors, who will remember that garden? Saddest of all, as it seemed to me watching the garden paths, were spiders' webs that had been spun across them, so grey and stout and strong, fastened from weed to weed, with the spiders in their midst sitting in obvious ownership.  ALL THE POTS IN THAT GARDEN AND THE ROSE GREW WILD AS ANY IN ANY HEDGE THE IVY ALONE GROWS ON OVER A MIGHTY WALL AND SEEMS TO CARE NOT THE IVY ALONE SEEMS NOT TO MOURN BUT TO HAVE ADDED THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO ITS GROWTH AS THOUGH THEY WERE ORDINARY YEARS THAT CORNER OF THE WALL ALONE WHISPERS NOT OF DISASTER BUT IT ONLY SEEMS TO TELL OF THE PASSING OF YEARS WHICH MAKES THE IVY STRONG AND FOR WHICH IN PEACE AS IN WAR THERE IS NO CURE ALL THE REST SPEAKS OF WAR OF WAR THAT COMES TO GARDENS WITHOUT BANNERS OR TRUMPETS OR SPLENDOR AND ROOTS UP EVERYTHING AND TURNS ROUND AND SMASHES THE HOUSE AND LEAVES IT ALL DESOLATE AND FORGETS AND GOES AWAY AND WHEN THE HISTORIES OF THE WAR WRITTEN ATTACKS AND COUNTER ATTACKS AND THE DOOM OF EMPERORS WHO WILL REMEMBER THAT GARDEN SADDEST OF ALL AS IT SEEMED TO ME WATCHING THE GARDEN PATHS WHERE SPIDERS WEBS THAT HAD BEEN SPUN ACROSS THEM SO GRAY AND STOUT AND STRONG FASTENED FROM WEED TO WEED WITH THE SPIDERS IN THEIR MIDST SITTING IN OBVIOUS OWNERSHIP
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