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break the ice across。       Now you may judge for yourself how much water a 

load of chalk will hold�察�even on a dry summer's day。                 And now�察�if you'll 

excuse me�察�sir�察�I must be off to market。 

     Was it all true that the farmer said�拭�

     Quite true�察�I believe。       He is not a scientific manthat is�察�he does not 

know the chemical causes of all these things�察�but his knowledge is sound 

and     useful�察  �because     it  comes    from    long    experience。      He     and   his 

forefathers�察�perhaps for a thousand years and more�察�have been farming this 

country�察�reading Madam How's books with very keen eyes�察�experimenting 

and   watching�察  �very  carefully  and   rationally�察  �making   mistakes   often�察  �and 

failing   and   losing   their   crops   and   their   money�察  �but   learning   from   their 

mistakes�察�till their empiric knowledge�察�as it is called�察�helps them to grow 

sometimes       quite   as   good    crops    as  if  they   had    learned    agricultural 

chemistry。 

     What     he  meant     by  the   chalk   sweetening     the   land  you    would    not 

understand yet�察�and I can hardly tell you�察�for chemists are not yet agreed 

how it happens。        But he was right�察�and right�察�too�察�what he told you about 

the water inside the chalk�察�which is more important to us just now�察�for�察�if 

we follow it out�察�we shall surely come to a cave at last。 

     So now for the water in the chalk。            You can see now why the chalk´ 

downs      at  Winchester     are   always    green�察  �even    in  the  hottest   summer�此�

because Madam  How has   put under them  her   great chalk sponge。                     The 

winter   rains   soak   into   it�察  �and   the   summer   heat   draws   that   rain   out   of   it 

again as invisible steam�察�coming up from below�察�to keep the roots of the 

turf cool and moist under the blazing sun。 



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     You   love   that   short   turf   well。    You   love   to   run   and   race   over   the 

Downs with your butterfly´net and hunt ;chalk´hill blues�察─�and ;marbled 

whites�察─�and ;spotted burnets�察─�till you are hot and tired�察�and then to   sit 

down   and   look at   the  quiet   little  old   city  below�察 �with   the  long   cathedral 

roof�察  �and   the   tower   of   St。   Cross�察  �and   the   gray   old   walls   and   buildings 

shrouded by noble trees�察�all embosomed among the soft rounded lines of 

the   chalk´hills�察  �and   then   you   begin   to   feel   very   thirsty�察  �and   cry�察   �Oh�察  �if 

there were  but   springs   and brooks   in   the  Downs�察�as   there  are  at   home� ─�

But all the hollows are as dry as the hill tops。             There is not a brook�察�or the 

mark of a watercourse�察�in one of them。               You are like the Ancient Mariner 

in the poem�察�with 

       ;Water�察�water�察�every where�察�Nor any drop to drink。; 

       To   get   that   you   must   go   down   and   down�察  �hundreds   of   feet�察  �to   the 

green meadows through which silver Itchen glides toward the sea。 There 

you   stand   upon   the bridge�察 �and   watch the  trout   in   water  so   crystal´clear 

that you see every weed and pebble as if you looked through air。                       If ever 

there   was   pure   water�察  �you   think�察  �that   is   pure。   Is   it   so�拭�Drink   some。 

Wash your hands in it and tryYou feel that the water is rough�察�hard ��as 

they call it���察�quite different from the water at home�察�which feels as soft as 

velvet。 What makes it so hard�拭�

     Because   it   is   full   of   invisible   chalk。  In   every   gallon   of   that   water 

there are�察�perhaps�察�fifteen grains of solid chalk�察�which was once inside the 

heart of the hills above。          Day and   night�察�year after year�察�the chalk goes 

down   to   the   sea�察  �and   if   there   were   such   creatures   as   water´fairiesif   it 

were true�察�as the old Greeks and Romans thought�察�that rivers were living 

things�察�with a Nymph who dwelt in each of them�察�and was its goddess or 

its queenthen�察�if your ears were opened to hear her�察�the Nymph of Itchen 

might say to you ´ 

     So child�察�you think that I do nothing but�察�as your sister says when she 

sings Mr。 Tennyson's beautiful song�察�

       ;I chatter over stony ways�察�In little sharps and trebles�察�I bubble into 

eddying bays�察�I babble on the pebbles。; 

       Yes。    I do that�此    �and I love�察�as the Nymphs loved of old�察�men who 

have eyes to see my beauty�察�and ears to discern my song�察�and to fit their 



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own song to it�察�and tell how 

       ;'I wind about�察�and in and out�察�With here a blossom sailing�察�And here 

and there a lusty trout�察�And here and there a grayling�察�

     ;'And here and there a foamy flake Upon me�察�as I travel With many a 

silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel�察�

     ;'And draw them all along�察�and flow To join the brimming river�察�For 

men may come and men may go�察�But I go on for ever。'; 

       Yes。   That is all true�此   �but if that were all�察�I should not be let to flow 

on for ever�察�in a world where Lady Why rules�察�and Madam How obeys。                      I 

only exist ��like everything else�察�from the sun in heaven to the gnat which 

dances in his beam�� on condition of working�察�whether we wish it or not�察�

whether we know it or not。          I am not an idle stream�察�only fit to chatter to 

those   who   bathe   or   fish   in   my   waters�察  �or   even   to   give   poets   beautiful 

fancies about me。        You little guess the work I do。         For I am one of the 

daughters of Madam How�察�and�察�like her�察�work night and day�察�we know not 

why�察�though Lady Why must know。                So day by day�察�and night by night�察�

while you are sleeping ��for I never sleep���察�I carry�察�delicate and soft as I am�察�

a burden   which   giants  could not bear�此  �and   yet   I   am  never tired。     Every 

drop of rain which the south´west wind brings from the West Indian seas 

gives me fresh life and strength to bear my burden�察�and it has need to do 

so�察  �for   every   drop   of   rain   lays   a   fresh   burden   on   me。 Every   root   and 

weed   which      grows   in  every   field�察 �every   dead   leaf  which    falls  in  the 

highwoods of many a parish�察�from the Grange and Woodmancote round to 

Farleigh   and   Preston�察 �and so   to   Brighton   and  the Alresford downs�察�   ´ay�察�

every atom of manure which the farmers put on the landfoul enough then�察�

but pure enough before it touches meeach of these�察�giving off a tiny atom 

of what men call carbonic acid�察�melts a tiny grain of chalk�察�and helps to 

send it down through the solid hill by one of the million pores and veins 

which at once feed and burden my springs。              Ages on ages I have worked 

on thus�察�carrying the chalk into the sea。           And ages on ages�察�it may be�察�I 

shall work on yet�察�till I have done my work at last�察�and levelled the high 

downs into a flat sea´shore�察�with beds of flint gravel rattling in the shallow 

waves。 

     She might tell you that�察�and when she had told you�察�you would surely 



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think   of   the   clumsy   chalk´cart   rumbling   down   the   hill�察  �and   then   of   the 

graceful stream�察�bearing silently its invisible load of chalk�察�and see how 

much more delicate and beautiful�察�as well as vast and wonderful�察�Madam 

How's work is than that of man。 

     But if you asked the nymph why she worked on for ever�察�she could not 

tell you。    For like the Nymphs of old�察�and the Hamadryads who lived�察�in 

trees�察�and Undine�察�and the little Sea´maiden�察�she would have no soul�察�no 

reason�察�no power to say why。 

     It is for you�察�who are a reasonable being�察�to guess why�此               �or at least 

listen to me if I guess for you�察�and say�察�perhapsI can only say perhaps 

that chalk may be   going to make   layers of rich marl   in the sea between 

England and France�察�and those marl´beds may be upheaved and grow into 

dry land�察�and be ploughed�察�and sowed�察�and reaped by a wiser race of men�察�

in a better´ordered world than this�此        �or the chalk may have even a nobler 

destiny before it。      That may happen to it�察�which has happened already to 

many a grain of lime。        It may be carried thousands of miles away to help 

in building up a coral reef ��what that is I must tell you afterwards��。              That 

coral reef may harden into limestone beds。 Those beds may be covered up�察�

pressed�察  �and�察  �it   may   be�察  �heated�察  �till   they   crystallise   into   white   marble�此�

and out of it fairer statues be carved�察�and grander temples built�察�than the 

world has ever yet seen。 

     And if that is not the reason why the chalk is being sent into the sea�察�

then there is another reason�察�and probably a far better one。 For�察�as I told 

you at first�察�Lady Why's intentions are far wiser and better than our fancies�察�

and shelike Him whom she obeysis able to do exceeding abundantly�察�

beyond all that we can ask or think。 

     But you will say now that we have followed the chalk´cart a long way�察�

without coming to the cave。 

     You are wrong。       We have come to the very mouth of the cave。                All 

we have to do is to saynot ;Open Sesame�察─�like Ali Baba in the tale of 

the Forty Thievesbut some word or two which Madam Why will teach us�察�

and forthwith a hill will open�察�and we shall walk in�察�and behold rivers and 

cascades underground�察�stalactite pillars and stalagmite statues�察�and all the 

wonders of the grottoes of Adelsberg�察�Antiparos�察�or Kentucky。 



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