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There had been a force abroad in Albert that could do these things, an iron force that had no mercy for iron, a mighty mechanical contrivance that could take machinery and pull it all to pieces in a moment as a child takes a flower to pieces petal by petal. THERE HAD BEEN A FORCE ABROAD IN ALBERT THAT COULD DO THESE THINGS AN IRON FORCE THAT HAD NO MERCY FOR IRON A MIGHTY MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCE THAT COULD TAKE MACHINERY AND PULL IT ALL TO PIECES IN A MOMENT AS A CHILD TAKES A FLOWER TO PIECES PEDAL BY PEDAL
s_ Wurtemburg The trees grew thinner and thinner along the road, then ceased altogether, and suddenly we saw Albert in the wood of the ghosts of murdered trees, all grey and deserted. Descending into Albert past trees in their agony we came all at once on the houses. You did not see them far off as in other cities; we came on them all at once as you come on a corpse in the grass. We stopped and stood by a house that was covered with plaster marked off to look like great stones, its pitiful pretence laid bare, the slates gone and the rooms gone, the plaster all pitted with shrapnel. Near it lay an iron railing, a hand-rail blown there from the railway bridge; a shrapnel bullet had passed through its twisted stem as though it had gone through butter. And beside the hand-rail lay one of the great steel supports of the bridge that had floated there upon some flaming draught; the end of it bent and splayed as though it had been a slender cane that someone had shoved too hard into the earth. DSEY VERSUS VARTEMBERG THE TREES GREW THINNER AND THINNER ALONG THE ROAD THEN CEASED ALTOGETHER AND SUDDENLY WE SAW ALBERT IN THE WOOD OF THE GHOSTS OF MURDERED TREES ALL GREY AND DESERTED DESCENDING INTO ALBERT PAST TREES IN THEIR AGONY WE CAME ALL AT ONCE ON THE HOUSES YOU DID NOT SEE THEM FAR OFF AS IN OTHER CITIES WE CAME ON THEM ALL AT ONCE AS YOU COME ON A CORPSE IN THE GRASS WE STOPPED AND STOOD BY A HOUSE THAT WAS COVERED WITH PLASTER MARKED OFF TO LOOK LIKE GREAT STONES ITS PITIFUL PRETENCE LAID BARE THE SLATES GONE AND THE ROOMS GONE THE PLASTER ALL PITTED WITH SHRAPNEL NEAR IT LAY AN IRON RAILING A HAND RAIL BLOWN THERE FROM THE RAILWAY BRIDGE A SHRAPNEL BULLET HAD PASSED THROUGH ITS TWISTED STEM AS THOUGH IT HAD GONE THROUGH BUTTER AND BESIDE THE HAND RAIL LAY ONE OF THE GREAT STEEL SUPPORTS OF THE BRIDGE THAT HAD FLOATED THERE UPON SOME GREAT FLAMING DRAUGHT THE END OF IT BENT AND SPLAYED AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN A SLENDER CANE THAT SOME ONE HAD SHOVED TOO HARD INTO THE EARTH
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