Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 14 Page 96

room under that water there for thousands.’

‘Two is enough,’ she said murmuring.

He dragged on his second shoe. He was shivering violently, and his jaw shook as he spoke.

‘That’s true,’ he said, ‘maybe. But it’s curious how much room there seems, a whole universe under there; and as cold as hell, you’re as helpless as if your head was cut off.’ He could scarcely speak, he shook so violently. ‘There’s one thing about our family, you know,’ he continued. ‘Once anything goes wrong, it can never be put right again — not with us. I’ve noticed it all my life — you can’t put a thing right, once it has gone wrong.