Forest says
he was determined to leave nothing! "And I believe, Miss, the
Squire was very glad of the fog--because there couldn't be any
one prying around."
'For it seems to be really true that the village has been in a
state of ferment, and that they had determined to free the
gates and let in the Council plough. Perley was seen talking to
a lot of men on the green last night. I met him myself this
morning after breakfast near the gates, and he confessed he had
been there already--early. I expect he came to reconnoitre and
take back the news. Rather calm, for one of father's own men!
But that's the new spirit, Dezzy. We're not going to be allowed
to have it all our own way any more. Well, thank goodness, I
don't mind. At least, there is something in me that minds. I
suppose it's one's forbears. But the greater part of me wants a
_lot_ of change--and there are often and often times when I
wish I'd been born in the working-class and was just struggling
upwards with them, and sharing all their hopes and dreams for
"after the war.
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