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           Butnowitwastoobig,tooexpensive,andthecountryhadbecometoouncongenial.Thegentryweredepartingtopleasanterplaces,wheretheycouldspendtheirmoneywithouthavingtoseehowitwasmade.’

           Thisishistory.OneEnglandblotsoutanother.Themineshadmadethehallswealthy.Nowtheywereblottingthemout,astheyhadalreadyblottedoutthecottages.TheindustrialEnglandblotsouttheagriculturalEngland.Onemeaningblotsoutanother.ThenewEnglandblotsouttheoldEngland.AndthecontinuityisnotOrganic,butmechanical.

           Connie,belongingtotheleisuredclasses,hadclungtotheremnantsoftheoldEngland.IthadtakenheryearstorealizethatitwasreallyblottedoutbythisterrifyingnewandgruesomeEngland,andthattheblottingoutwouldgoontillitwascomplete.Fritchleywasgone,Eastwoodwasgone,Shipleywasgoing:SquireWinter’sbelovedShipley.

           ConniecalledforamomentatShipley.Theparkgates,attheback,openedjustnearthelevelcrossingofthecollieryrailway;theShipleycollieryitselfstoodjustbeyondthetrees.Thegatesstoodopen,becausethroughtheparkwasaright-of-waythatthecolliersused.Theyhungaroundthepark.

           Thecarpassedtheornamentalponds,inwhichthecolliersthrewtheirnewspapers,andtooktheprivatedrivetothehouse.Itstoodabove,aside,averypleasantstuccobuildingfromthemiddleoftheeighteenthcentury.Ithadabeautifulalleyofyewtrees,thathadapproachedanolderhouse,andthehallstoodserenelyspreadout,winkingitsGeorgianpanesasifcheerfully.Behind,therewerereallybeautifulgardens.