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           Andasfarasthegoverningclassmadeanypretensionstogovern,theywereridiculoustoo.SirGeoffrey,Clifford’sfather,wasintenselyridiculous,choppingdownhistrees,andweedingmenoutofhiscollierytoshovethemintothewar;andhimselfbeingsosafeandpatriotic;but,also,spendingmoremoneyonhiscountrythanhe’dgot.

           WhenMissChatterley--Emma--camedowntoLondonfromtheMidlandstodosomenursingwork,shewasverywittyinaquietwayaboutSirGeoffreyandhisdeterminedpatriotism.Herbert,theelderbrotherandheir,laughedoutright,thoughitwashistreesthatwerefellingfortrenchprops.ButCliffordonlysmiledalittleuneasily.Everythingwasridiculous,quitetrue.Butwhenitcametoocloseandoneselfbecameridiculoustoo...?Atleastpeopleofadifferentclass,likeConnie,wereearnestaboutsomething.Theybelievedinsomething.

           TheywereratherearnestabouttheTommies,andthethreatofconscription,andtheshortageofsugarandtoffeeforthechildren.Inallthesethings,ofcourse,theauthoritieswereridiculouslyatfault.ButCliffordcouldnottakeittoheart.Tohimtheauthoritieswereridiculousabovo,notbecauseoftoffeeorTommies.

           Andtheauthoritiesfeltridiculous,andbehavedinaratherridiculousfashion,anditwasallamadhatter’stea-partyforawhile.Tillthingsdevelopedoverthere,andLloydGeorgecametosavethesituationoverhere.Andthissurpassedevenridicule,theflippantyounglaughednomore.

           In1916HerbertChatterleywaskilled,soCliffordbecameheir.Hewasterrifiedevenofthis.