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Down that road before the plans, of the Kaiser began to fumble with the earth, down that road  but it is useless to look back, we are too far away from five years ago, too far away from thousands of ordinary things, that never seemed as though they would ever peer at us over chasms of time, out of another age, utterly far off, irrevocably removed from our ways and days. DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE THE PLANS OF THE KAISER BEGAN TO FUMBLE WITH THE EARTH DOWN THAT ROAD BUT IT IS USELESS TO LOOK BACK WE ARE TOO FAR AWAY FROM FIVE YEARS AGO TOO FAR AWAY FROM THOUSANDS OF ORDINARY THINGS THAT NEVER SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY WOULD EVER PEER AT US OVER CHASMS OF TIME OUT OF ANOTHER AGE UTTERLY FAR OFF IRREVOCABLY REMOVED FROM OUR WAYS AND DAYS
hard run down into a dug-out, with a cartridge-case tied to a piece of wood beside it to beat when the gas came. A telephone wire lies listlessly by the opening. A patch of Michaelmas daisies, deep mauve and pale mauve, and a bright yellow flower beside them, show where a garden used to stand near by. Above the dug-out a patch of jagged earth shows in three clear layers under the weeds: four inches of grey road metal, imported, for all this country is chalk and clay; two inches of flint below it, and under that an inch of a bright red stone. We are looking then at a road--a road through a village trodden by men and women, and the hooves of horses and familiar modern things, a road so buried, so shattered, so overgrown, showing by chance an edge in the midst of the wilderness, that I could seem rather to have discovered the track of the Dinosaur in prehistoric clays than the highway, of a little village that only five years ago was full of human faults and joys and songs and tiny tears. LD STEPS NEAR THE ORCHARD RUN DOWN INTO A DUGOUT WITH A CARTRIDGE CASE TIED TO A PIECE OF WOOD BESIDE IT TO BEAT WHEN THE GAS COMES A TELEPHONE WIRE LIES LISTLESSLY BY THE OPENING A PATCH OF MICHAELMAS DAISIES DEEP MAUVE AND PALE MAUVE AND A BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWER BESIDE THEM SHOW WHERE A GARDEN USED TO STAND NEAR BY ABOVE THE DUGOUT A PATCH OF JAGGED EARTH SHOWS IN THREE CLEAR LAYERS UNDER THE WEEDS FOUR INCHES OF GREY ROAD METAL IMPORTED FOR ALL THIS COUNTRY IS CHALK AND CLAY TWO INCHES OF FLINT BELOW IT AND UNDER THAT AN INCH OF BRIGHT RED STONE WE ARE LOOKING THEN AT A ROAD A ROAD THROUGH A VILLAGE TRODDEN BY MEN AND WOMEN AND THE HOOFS OF HORSES AND FAMILIAR MODERN THINGS A ROAD BURIED SO DEEP SO SHATTERED SO OVERGROWN SHOWING BY CHANCE AN EDGE IN THE MIDST OF THE WILDERNESS THAT I COULD SEEM RATHER TO HAVE DISCOVERED THE TRACK OF THE DINOSAUR IN PREHISTORIC CLAYS THAN THE HIGHWAY OF A LITTLE VILLAGE THAT ONLY FIVE YEARS AGO WAS FULL OF HUMAN FAULTS AND JOYS AND SONGS AND TINY TEARS
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