The Widow's Dog

Mitford, Mary Russell · 1855

One of the most beautiful spots in the north of Hampshire--a part of the country which, from its winding green lanes, with the trees meeting over head like a cradle, its winding roads between coppices, with wide turfy margents on either side, as if left on purpose for the picturesque and frequent gipsy camp, its abundance of hedgerow timber, and its extensive tracts of woodland, seems as if the fields were just dug out of the forest, as might have happened in the days of William Rufus--one of the loveliest scenes in this lovely county is the Great Pond at Ashley End. Ashley End is itself a romantic and beautiful village, struggling down a steep hill to a clear and narrow running stream, whi…

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