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Alfred Brangwen; in Nottingham; saying that her son William was

ing to Ilkeston to take a place as junior draughtsman;

scarcely more than apprentice; in a lace factory。 He was twenty

years old; and would the Marsh Brangwens be friendly with

him。

Tom Brangwen at once wrote offering the young man a home at

the Marsh。 This was not accepted; but the Nottingham Brangwens

expressed gratitude。

There had never been much love lost between the Nottingham

Brangwens and the Marsh。 Indeed; Mrs。 Alfred; having inherited

three thousand pounds; and having occasion to be dissatisfied

with her husband; held aloof from all the Brangwens whatsoever。

She affected; however; some esteem of Mrs。 Tom; as she called

the Polish woman; saying that at any rate she was a lady。

Anna Brangwen was faintly excited at the news of her Cousin

Wills ing to Ilkeston。 She knew plenty of young men; but

they had never bee real to her。 She had seen in this young

gallant a nose she liked; in that a pleasant moustache; in the

other a nice way of wearing clothes; in one a ridiculous fringe

of hair; in another a ical way of talking。 They were objects

of amusement and faint wonder to her; rather than real beings;

the young men。

The only man she knew was her father; and; as he was

something large; looming; a kind of Godhead; he embraced all

manhood for her; and other men were just incidental。

She remembered her cousin Will。 He had town clothes and was

thin; with a very curious head; black as jet; with hair like

sleek; thin fur。 It was a curious head: it reminded her she knew

not of what: of some animal; some mysterious animal that lived

in the darkness under the leaves and never came out; but which

lived vividly; swift and intense。 She always thought of him with

that black; keen; blind head。 And she considered him odd。

He appeared at the Marsh one Sunday morning: a rather long;

thin youth with a bright face and a curious self…possession

among his shyness; a native unawareness of what other people

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