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(Rita, a.k.a. Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys and Mrs W. Desmond Humphreys)
Rain poured in a soft grey stream over a dreary stretch of moorland in one of the dreariest spots in the Peak country. Some of the heights were capped by low-drooping clouds, others showed a sharp and sudden outline against the prey sky. The whole aspect was dreary in the extreme. A wide treeless space of grey and brown; mile upon mile of uncultured land, with no sign of human habitation. A world-forgotten nook in a spot that spelt desolation.