Circular anxieties, ancient regrets, there wasn’t a mountain in all England that could obscure them.
The sentence “Circular anxieties, ancient regrets, there wasn’t a mountain in all England that could obscure them.” means that the character’s worries and regrets are so persistent and deeply rooted that even something as massive and imposing as a mountain couldn’t hide or block them out.
• “Circular anxieties” suggests repetitive, looping worries that go nowhere.
• “Ancient regrets” points to old, long-held feelings of remorse.
• And “there wasn’t a mountain in all England that could obscure them” is a poetic way of saying these thoughts are impossible to escape—no matter how far or high the character might go, they’re still mentally weighed down by them.
It’s emphasizing how inescapable and overwhelming those inner burdens are.
