32/93 They climbed the incline against the heavens. At the end the man tipped the wagon. There was an undue rattle as the waste fell down the sheer slope of the enormous bank. She was silent whilst he worked, looking round at the afternoon, the red cottages shining among their greenness. "Look how it heaps together, like something alive almost--a big creature that you don't know." "Yes," she said. |