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Chapter 5

           Atthatallherbeing,evenherbeauty,becameforamoment,dustyandoutofdate.ForamomentLily,standingthere,withthesunhotonherback,summinguptheRayleys,triumphedoverMrs.Ramsay,whowouldneverknowhowPaulwenttocoffee-housesandhadamistress;howhesatonthegroundandMintahandedhimhistools;howshestoodherepainting,hadnevermarried,notevenWilliamBankes.

           Mrs.Ramsayhadplannedit.Perhaps,hadshelived,shewouldhavecompelledit.Alreadythatsummerhewas"thekindestofmen."Hewas"thefirstscientistofhisage,myhusbandsays."Hewasalso"poorWilliamitmakesmesounhappy,whenIgotoseehim,tofindnothingniceinhishousenoonetoarrangetheflowers."Sotheyweresentforwalkstogether,andshewastold,withthatfainttouchofironythatmadeMrs.Ramsayslipthroughone’sfingers,thatshehadascientificmind;shelikedflowers;shewassoexact.Whatwasthismaniaofhersformarriage?Lilywondered,steppingtoandfrofromhereasel.

           (Suddenly,assuddenlyasastarslidesinthesky,areddishlightseemedtoburninhermind,coveringPaulRayley,issuingfromhim.Itroselikeafiresentupintokenofsomecelebrationbysavagesonadistantbeach.Sheheardtheroarandthecrackle.Thewholeseaformilesroundranredandgold.Somewineysmellmixedwithitandintoxicatedher,forshefeltagainherownheadlongdesiretothrowherselfoffthecliffandbedrownedlookingforapearlbroochonabeach.

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