Aaron's Rod by D. H. Lawrence, Fiction

"All I can say of you men," said the landlady, "is that you have a narrow, selfish policy. -- Instead of thinking of the children, instead of thinking of improving the world you live in--" "We hang on, British bulldog breed," said Brewitt. There was a general laugh. "Yes, and little wiser than dogs, wrangling for a bone," said the landlady. -- "Are we to let t' other side run off wi' th' bone, then, while we sit on our stunts an' yowl for it?" asked Brewitt. -- "No indeed. There can be wisdom in everything. -- It's what you DO with the money, when you've got it," said the landlady, "that's where the importance lies."Lawrence began writing Aaron's Rod early in 1918, but abandoned the work after its first eleven chapters. The longer portion that finishes Aaron's Rod was written by Lawrence in 1921. The biblical title refers to the rod of Aaron in the Old Testament, Moses' brother who built the Golden Calf in the desert for the worship of the Israelites. The rod, his divine symbol of authority and independence, finds its echo in the flute of Aaron Sissons.