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1、SonsandLoversD.H.LawrencePartOne2of801CHAPTERITHEEARLYMARRIEDLIFEOFTHEMORELS‘THEBOTTOMS’succeededto‘HellRow".HellRowwasablockofthatched,bulgingcottagesthatstoodbythebrooksideonGreenhillLane.Therelivedthecollierswhoworkedinthelittlegin-pitstwofieldsaway.Thebrookranunderthealdert
2、rees,scarcelysoiledbythesesmallmines,whosecoalwasdrawntothesurfacebydonkeysthatploddedwearilyinacircleroundagin.Andalloverthecountrysidewerethesesamepits,someofwhichhadbeenworkedinthetimeofCharlesII,thefewcolliersandthedonkeysburrowingdownlikeantsintotheearth,makingqueermoundsa
3、ndlittleblackplacesamongthecorn-fieldsandthemeadows.Andthecottagesofthesecoal-miners,inblocksandpairshereandthere,togetherwithoddfarmsandhomesofthestockingers,strayingovertheparish,formedthevillageofBestwood.Then,somesixtyyearsago,asuddenchangetookplace.Thegin-pitswereelbowedas
4、idebythelargeminesofthefinanciers.ThecoalandironfieldofNottinghamshireandDerbyshirewasdiscovered.Carston,3of801SonsandLoversWaiteandCo.appeared.Amidtremendousexcitement,LordPalmerstonformallyopenedthecompany’sfirstmineatSpinneyPark,ontheedgeofSherwoodForest.Aboutthistimethenoto
5、riousHellRow,whichthroughgrowingoldhadacquiredanevilreputation,wasburneddown,andmuchdirtwascleansedaway.Carston,Waite&Co.foundtheyhadstruckonagoodthing,so,downthevalleysofthebrooksfromSelbyandNuttall,newminesweresunk,untilsoonthereweresixpitsworking.FromNuttall,highuponthesands
6、toneamongthewoods,therailwayran,pasttheruinedprioryoftheCarthusiansandpastRobinHood’sWell,downtoSpinneyPark,thenontoMinton,alargemineamongcorn-fields;fromMintonacrossthefarmlandsofthevalleysidetoBunker’sHill,branchingoffthere,andrunningnorthtoBeggarleeandSelby,thatlooksoveratCr
7、ichandthehillsofDerbyshire:sixmineslikeblackstudsonthecountryside,linkedbyaloopoffinechain,therailway.Toaccommodatetheregimentsofminers,Carston,WaiteandCo.builttheSquares,greatquadranglesofdwellingsonthehillsideofBestwood,andthen,inthebrookvalley,onthesiteofHellRow,theyerectedt
8、heBottoms.4of801SonsandLoversTheBottomsconsistedofsixb