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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