He alone represented the firm of Dagworthy and Son; his father had been dead two years, and more recently he had become a widower, his wife leaving him one child still an infant.
At the head of the quarries the two paused to look back upon Dunfield.
The view from this point was extensive, and would have been interesting but for the existence of the town itself.

It was seen to lie in a broad valley, along which a river flowed; the remoter districts were pleasantly wooded, and only the murkiness in the far sky told that a yet larger centre of industry lurked beyond the horizon.

Dunfield offered no prominent features save the chimneys of its factories and its fine church, the spire of which rose high above surrounding buildings; over all hung a canopy of foul vapour, heavy, pestiferous.

Take in your fingers a spray from one of the trees even here on the Heath, and its touch left a soil.
'How I wish you could see the views from the hills in Surrey!' Emily exclaimed when they had stood in silence.

'I can imagine nothing more delightful in English scenery.