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When I came near it seemed less like a garden. At first it had almost seemed to beckon to passers by in the street, so rare are gardens now in this part of France, that it seemed to have more than a garden's share of mystery, all in the silence there at the back of the silent house; but when one entered it some of the mystery went, and seemed to hide in a further part of the garden amongst wild shrubs and innumerable weeds. WHEN I CAME NEAR IT SEEMED LESS LIKE A GARDEN AT FIRST IT HAD ALMOST SEEMED TO BECKON TO PASSERS BY IN THE STREET SO RARE GARDENS NOW IN THIS PART OF FRANCE THAT IT SEEMED TO HAVE MORE THAN A GARDEN'S SHARE OF MYSTERY ALL IN THE SILENCE THERE AT THE BACK OF THE SILENT HOUSE BUT WHEN ONE ENTERED IT SEEMED OF THE MYSTERY WENT AND SEEMED TO HIDE IN A FURTHER PART OF THE GARDEN AMONGST WILD SHRUBS AND INNUMERABLE WEEDS
nd Chapter II was headed with the proverb, "Un Malheur Ne Vient Jamais Seul;" Misfortunes never come singly! And on that dreadful road, with shell-holes every five yards as far as the eye could see, and fiat beyond it the whole city in ruin. What harmless girl or old man had been reading that dreadful prophecy when the Germans came down upon Albert and involved it, and themselves, and that book, all except those two pages, in such multiplication of ruin? Surely, indeed, there is a third side to war: for what had the doll done, that used to have a green pram, to deserve to share thus in the fall and punishment of an Emperor? A Garden Of Arras As I walked through Arras from the Spanish gate, gardens flashed as I went, one by one, through the houses. I stepped in over the window-sill of one of the houses, attracted by the gleam of a garden dimly beyond: and went through the empty house, empty of people, empty of furniture, empty of plaster, and entered the garden through an empty doorway.  TWO PART EIGHT OF UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY BRYAN MURPHY UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS BY LORD DUNSTANTY PART EIGHT A GARDEN OF ARRAS AS I WALKED THROUGH ARRAS FROM THE SPANISH GATE GARDENS FLASHED AS I WENT ONE BY ONE THROUGH THE HOUSES I STEPPED IN OVER THE WINDOW SILL OF ONE OF THE HOUSES ATTRACTED BY THE GLEAM OF A GARDEN DIMLY BEYOND AND WENT THROUGH THE EMPTY HOUSE EMPTY OF PEOPLE EMPTY OF FURNITURE EMPTY OF PLASTER AND ENTERED THE GARDEN THROUGH AN EMPTY DOORWAY
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