The intense perfumes of the wild herbs as we trod them underfoot made us feel almost drunk.

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The strong, sweet smells of the plants we walked on made us feel like we were a little dizzy, almost as if we had been drinking.

About Jacqueline du Pre

Jacqueline Mary du Pre OBE was a British cellist, widely regarded as one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. Born in Oxford, she began studying at the Guildhall School of Music in the mid-1950s with William Pleeth, earning the school’s Gold Medal in 1960.

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