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With my eyes open I could not find it. I did not recognize the lonely metalled road down which lorries were rushing for the little lane so full of life, whose wheel ruts were three years old. WITH MY EYES OPEN I COULD NOT FIND IT I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE LONELY METALED ROAD DOWN WHICH LORRIES WERE RUSHING FOR THE LITTLE LANE SO FULL OF LIFE WHOSE WHEEL RUTS WERE THREE YEARS OLD
n a cauldron. He went on eagerly but with infinite sadness. Over the sky-line strange rockets went up from the war, peered oddly over the earth and went down again. Very far off a few soldiers lit a little fire of their own. The night grew colder; tap, tap, went broken iron. And at last the traveller stopped in the lonely night and looked round him attentively, and appeared to be satisfied that he had come within sight of his journey's end, although to ordinary eyes the spot to which he had come differed in no way from the rest of the waste. He went no further, but turned round and round, peering piece by piece at that weedy and cratered earth. He was looking for the village where he was born. The House With Two Storeys I came again to Croisilles. I looked for the sunken road that we used to hold in support, with its row of little shelters in the bank and the carved oak saints above them here and there that had survived the church in Croisilles. I could have found it with my eyes shut.  PART FOUR OF UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS THIS IS A LIBERVOX REPORTING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY TRAVICE WAKEMEN SPONSYLVANIA VIRGINIA THE HOUSE WITH TWO STORIES I CAME AGAIN TO QUAZIA I LOOKED FOR THE SUNKEN ROAD THAT WE USED TO HOLD IN SUPPORT WITH ITS ROW OF LITTLE SHELTERS IN THE BANK AND THE CARVED OAK SAINTS ABOVE THEM HERE AND THERE THAT HAD SURVIVED THE CHURCH IN QUASIA I COULD HAVE FOUND IT WITH MY EYES SHUT
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