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What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton

           "Well,"saidthelieutenant,"Isupposeit’smybusinesstoseeittoo. Lookhere"totheartilleryman"we’redetailedhereclearingpeopleoutoftheirhouses. You’dbettergoalongandreportyourselftoBrigadier-GeneralMarvin,andtellhimallyouknow. He’satWeybridge. Knowtheway?" 

           "Ido,"Isaid; andheturnedhishorsesouthwardagain. 

           "Halfamile,yousay?"saidhe. 

           "Atmost,"Ianswered,andpointedoverthetreetopssouthward. Hethankedmeandrodeon,andwesawthemnomore. 

           Fartheralongwecameuponagroupofthreewomenandtwochildrenintheroad,busyclearingoutalabourer’scottage.Theyhadgotholdofalittlehandtruck,andwerepilingitupwithunclean-lookingbundlesandshabbyfurniture. Theywerealltooassiduouslyengagedtotalktousaswepassed. 

           ByByfleetstationweemergedfromthepinetrees,andfoundthecountrycalmandpeacefulunderthemorningsunlight. WewerefarbeyondtherangeoftheHeat-Raythere,andhaditnotbeenforthesilentdesertionofsomeofthehouses,thestirringmovementofpackinginothers,andtheknotofsoldiersstandingonthebridgeovertherailwayandstaringdownthelinetowardsWoking,thedaywouldhaveseemedverylikeanyotherSunday. 

           SeveralfarmwaggonsandcartsweremovingcreakilyalongtheroadtoAddlestone,andsuddenlythroughthegateofafieldwesaw,acrossastretchofflatmeadow,sixtwelve-poundersstandingneatlyatequaldistancespointingtowardsWoking. Thegunnersstoodbythegunswaiting,andtheammunitionwaggonswereatabusiness-likedistance. Themenstoodalmostasifunderinspection. 

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