The beauties of Green Know remain important, but the glory is tinged with sadness as the central characters remember their previous homes. Both Ping and Hanno are from forests far away from the English country house they visit. The jungles where Hanno lived his early life are every bit as lavishly described as the beauties of Green Knowe in the morning, and it is clear that Hanno has lost a wonderful home. Ping’s memories are more fragmented as he was very young when he left his home, but, again, the love for and the beauty of these places is clear, and it is heartbreaking, because neither Hanno nor Ping will be able to return