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Chapter 13
Everythingistobesoldandpaidfornow;andallthethingsyoumentionnow,WragbyandShipleysellsthemtothepeople,atagoodprofit.Everythingissold.Youdon’tgiveoneheart-beatofrealsympathy.Andbesides,whohastakenawayfromthepeopletheirnaturallifeandmanhood,andgiventhemthisindustrialhorror?Whohasdonethat?’
’AndwhatmustIdo?’heasked,green.’Askthemtocomeandpillageme?’
’WhyisTevershallsougly,sohideous?Whyaretheirlivessohopeless?’
’TheybuilttheirownTevershall,that’spartoftheirdisplayoffreedom.TheybuiltthemselvestheirprettyTevershall,andtheylivetheirownprettylives.Ican’tlivetheirlivesforthem.Everybeetlemustliveitsownlife.’
’Butyoumakethemworkforyou.Theylivethelifeofyourcoal-mine.’
’Notatall.Everybeetlefindsitsownfood.Notonemanisforcedtoworkforme.
’Theirlivesareindustrializedandhopeless,andsoareours,’shecried.
’Idon’tthinktheyare.That’sjustaromanticfigureofspeech,arelicoftheswooninganddie-awayromanticism.Youdon’tlookatallahopelessfigurestandingthere,Conniemydear.’
Whichwastrue.Forherdark-blueeyeswereflashing,hercolourwashotinhercheeks,shelookedfullofarebelliouspassionfarfromthedejectionofhopelessness.Shenoticed,inthetussockyplacesofthegrass,cottonyyoungcowslipsstandingupstillblearedintheirdown.Andshewonderedwithrage,whyitwasshefeltCliffordwassowrong,yetshecouldn’tsayittohim,shecouldnotsayexactlywherehewaswrong.