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oak; her chimney…pieces were massive and oaken; with bulging;

columnar supports。

〃Good and substantial;〃 was the keynote。 But Ursula resented

the stout; inflated prosperity implied everywhere。 She made her

father promise to chisel down the bulging oaken chimney…pieces;

chisel them flat。 That sort of important paunch was very

distasteful to her。 Her father was himself long and loosely

built。 What had he to do with so much 〃good and substantial〃

importance?

They bought a fair amount also of the widows furniture。 It

was in mon good taste……the great Wilton carpet; the

large round table; the Chesterfield covered with glossy chintz

in roses and birds。 It was all really very sunny and nice; with

large windows; and a view right across the shallow valley。

After all; they would be; as one of their acquaintances said;

among the elite of Beldover。 They would represent culture。 And

as there was no one of higher social importance than the

doctors; the colliery…managers; and the chemists; they would

shine; with their Della Robbia beautiful Madonna; their lovely

reliefs from Donatello; their reproductions from Botticelli。

Nay; the large photographs of the Primavera and the Aphrodite

and the Nativity in the dining…room; the ordinary

reception…room; would make dumb the mouth of Beldover。

And after all; it is better to be princess in Beldover than a

vulgar nobody in the country。

There was great preparation made for the removal of the whole

Brangwen family; ten in all。 The house in Beldover was prepared;

the house in Cossethay was dismantled。 e the end of the

school…term the removal would begin。

Ursula left school at the end of July; when the summer

holiday menced。 The morning outside was bright and sunny; and

the freedom got inside the schoolroom this last day。 It was as

if the walls of the school were going to melt away。 Already they

seemed shadowy and unreal。 It was breaking…up morning。 Soon

scholars and teachers would be outside; each going his own way。

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