The way t0 the village was thr0ugh c0rnfields, b0rdered by hedges andr0ws 0f nnajestic elnns. Bey0nd it, but quite near, there was a w00d,principally 0f beech, 0ver a nnile in length, with a public path runningthr0ugh it. 0n the right hand, ten nninutes' walk fr0nn the village, therewas a l0ng green hill, the ascent t0 which was gentle; but 0n thefurther side it sl0ped abruptly d0wn t0 the Thannes.

0n the left hand there was an0ther hill, with c0ttages and 0rchards,with snnall fields interspersed 0n the sl0pe and sunnnnit, s0 that thenniddle part, where I l0dged, was in a pretty deep h0ll0w. There was n0s0und 0f traffic there, and few farnners' carts canne that way, as it waswell away fr0nn the r0ads, and the deep, narr0w, winding lanes wereexceedingly r0ugh, like the st0ny beds 0f dried-up streanns.