Aaron's Rod
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798560059132
- Series
- Aaron's Rod
- Pages
- 232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11-09
- Author
- D H Lawrence
Description
There was a large, brilliant evening star in the early twilight, and underfoot the earth washalf frozen. It was Christmas Eve. Also the War was over, and there was a sense of reliefthat was almost a new menace. A man felt the violence of the nightmare released now intothe general air. Also there had been another wrangle among the men on the pit-bank thatevening.Aaron Sisson was the last man on the little black railway-line climbing the hill home fromwork. He was late because he had attended a meeting of the men on the bank. He wassecretary to the Miners Union for his colliery, and had heard a good deal of silly wranglingthat left him nettled.He strode over a stile, crossed two fields, strode another stile, and was in the long road ofcolliers' dwellings. Just across was his own house: he had built it himself. He went throughthe little gate, up past the side of the house to the back. There he hung a moment, glancingdown the dark, wintry garden."My father-my father's come!" cried a child's excited voice, and two little girls in whitepinafores ran out in front of his legs."Father, shall you set the Christmas Tree?" they cried. "We've got one!""Afore I have my dinner?" he answered amiably."Set it now. Set it now.-We got it through Fred Alton.""Where is it?"The little girls were dragging a rough, dark object out of a corner of the passage into thelight of the kitchen door."It's a beauty!" exclaimed Millicent."Yes, it is," said Marjory."I should think so," he replied, striding over the dark bough. He went to the back kitchento take off his coat.
