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-LSB- 40 -RSB- #Thatched # : roofed with straw or reeds . One of the moralists whom we sat under in our youth -- was it the great Richard Swiveller , -LSB- 41 -RSB- or Mr. Stiggins ? -LSB- 42 -RSB- says , `` We are born in a vale , and must take the consequences of being found in such a situation . '' These consequences , I for one am ready to encounter . I pity people who wer n't born in a vale . I do n't mean a flat country , but a vale ; that is , a flat country bounded by hills . The having your hill _ always _ in view , if you choose to turn toward him , that 's the essence of a vale .