Chapter I. Sisters

URSULA AND GUDRUN Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father‘s house in Beldover, working and talking. Ursula was stitching a piece of brightly-coloured embroidery, and Gudrun was drawing upon a board which she held on her knee. They were mostly silent, talking as their thoughts strayed through their minds.

`Ursula,‘ said Gudrun, `don‘t you really want to get married?‘ Ursula laid her embroidery in her lap and looked up. Her face was calm and considerate.

`I don‘t know,‘ she replied. `It depends how you mean.‘

Gudrun was slightly taken aback. She watched her sister for some moments.

`Well,‘ she said, ironically, `it usually means one thing! But don‘t you think anyhow, you‘d be --‘ she darkened slightly -- `in a better position than you are in now.‘

A shadow came over Ursula‘s face.

`I might,‘ she said. `But I‘m not sure.‘

Again Gudrun paused, slightly irritated. She wanted to be

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