This, together
with the unhedged tillage and a certain unwonted trimness and
handiness about the enclosures of the garden and orchards, puzzled me
for a minute or two, as I did not understand, new as the spire was,
how it could have been designed by a modern architect; and I was of
course used to the hedged tillage and tumbledown bankrupt-looking
surroundings of our modern agriculture. So that the garden-like
neatness and trimness of everything surprised me. But after a minute
or two that surprise left me entirely; and if what I saw and heard
afterwards seems strange to you, remember that it did not seem strange
to me at the time, except where now and again I shall tell you of it.
Also, once for all, if I were to give you the very words of those who
spoke to me you would scarcely understand them, although their
language was English too, and at the time I could understand them at
once.
Well, as I stretched myself and turned my face toward the village, I
heard horse-hoofs on the road, and presently a man and horse showed on
the other end of the stretch of road and drew near at a swinging trot
with plenty of clash of metal.
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