. The book of months . ^•■; THE BOOK OF MONTHS great flood of renewed vitality, which followsround the earth from continent to continent asthe spring returns, suddenly lifted me off myfeet, dictating what I did as imperatively as anelectric current dictates the involuntary twitch-ing of the muscles it passes through. And onthis wise: I had been out of town for two days lastweek, staying in Sussex at a house on the highdowns near Ashdown Forest. As I drove fromthe station I was aware that some huge andsubtle change was in the air, but put it downonly to the contrast of country b
. The book of months . ^•■; THE BOOK OF MONTHS great flood of renewed vitality, which followsround the earth from continent to continent asthe spring returns, suddenly lifted me off myfeet, dictating what I did as imperatively as anelectric current dictates the involuntary twitch-ing of the muscles it passes through. And onthis wise: I had been out of town for two days lastweek, staying in Sussex at a house on the highdowns near Ashdown Forest. As I drove fromthe station I was aware that some huge andsubtle change was in the air, but put it downonly to the contrast of country breezes with thedensity of London. The briskness of winterwas altogether gone, but in its place was thesmell of eartn and growing things, very fra-grant and curiously strong, for rain, whichbrings out all scent in the air, be it good orbad, had fallen heavily that afternoon, bring-ing out, as I have said, the smell of growth, andleaving behind it, just as a water-cart does in40 FEBRUARY
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