"Lie Thee Down, Oddity"

  T.F. Powys           

Though the sun shone with summer heat, the damp August warmth giving the rather faded countryside a new glow in her cheeks - for there had been a good all-night's rain - yet Mr. Cronch wore his black felt hat, of the cut that used to be worn by evangelical clergymen in the last century...

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