Then I see your ugly little houses coming up like mushrooms all over the place.

You are a vandal, my dear Leonard." "I am simply obeying the law," he answered.

"After all, even from your own point of view, I do not think that it is so bad.

Look closer, and you will find that the hedges are blackened here and there with smuts.
The birds will find a better dwelling place further away.

See how the smoke from those factory chimneys is sending its smuts across these fields.