Sentence:  Harry shook his head, and wandered away miserable through the <WSD>fields</WSD>, and would not in these days even set his foot upon the soil of the park. “He was not going to intrude any farther,” he said to the rector. “You can come to church, at any rate,” his father said, “for he certainly will not be there while you are at the parsonage.” Oh yes, Harry would go to the church. “I have yet to understand that Mr. Prosper is owner of the church, and the path there from the rectory is, at any rate, open to the public;” for at Buston the church stands on one corner of the park. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The open country near or belonging to a town or city.