The War in the Air Chapter 11 Parts 4 & 5

In which Bert Smallways returns to a ravaged England, wandering through a countryside where the remnants of civilisation mingle uneasily with the grim realities of pestilence and social collapse, and finds his way to his beloved Edna amid the turmoil. Together they confront the harsh new order imposed by a brutal local gang, and Bert, with desperate courage and resolve, establishes a fragile semblance of peace in the midst of the wilderness, embracing a humble life far from the shadow of the great conflict in the air.