large/10244/unhappy_far-off_things_1701_librivox_64kb_mp3/unhappyfaroffthings_10_dunsany_64kb_0
large/10244/unhappy_far-off_things_1701_librivox_64kb_mp3/unhappyfaroffthings_10_dunsany_64kb
English
10244
And at the end of the valley, just in the shadow of that familiar homely wood, a hundred British officers rest for ever. AND AT THE END OF THE VALLEY JUST IN THE SHADOW OF THAT FAMILIAR HOMELY WOOD A HUNDRED BRITISH OFFICERS REST FOREVER
a little effort of imagination, having only seen them full of the ruin of war, one can fancy any of them being once named happy. Yet one there is away to the east of Albert, which even up to last autumn seemed able to bear this name, so secluded it was in that awful garden of Mars; a tiny valley running into the wood of Bécourt. A few yards, higher up and all was desolation, a little further along a lonely road and you saw Albert mourning over irreparable vistas of ruin 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. BOUT ALBERT AND WITH A LITTLE EFFORT OF IMAGINATION HAVING ONLY SEEN THEM FULL OF THE RUIN OF WAR ONE CAN FANCY ANY OF THEM BEING ONCE NAMED HAPPY YET ONE THERE IS AWAY TO THE EAST OF ALBERT WHICH EVEN UP TO LAST AUTUMN SEEMED ABLE TO BEAR THIS NAME SO SECLUDED IT WAS IN THAT AWFUL GARDEN OF MARS A TINY VALLEY RUNNING INTO THE WOOD OF BE COUR A FEW YARDS HIGHER UP AND ALL WAS DESOLATION A LITTLE FARTHER ALONG A LONELY ROAD AND YOU SAW ALBERT MOURNING OVER IRREPARABLE VISTAS OF RUIN AND WASTED FIELDS BUT THE LITTLE VALLEY RAN INTO THE WOOD OF BEY COUR 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
large/10244/unhappy_far-off_things_1701_librivox_64kb_mp3/unhappyfaroffthings_10_dunsany_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10244/unhappy_far-off_things_1701_librivox_64kb_mp3/unhappyfaroffthings_10_dunsany_64kb.flac