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XIV. Effect of the Letter—Sunrise

           Itisforeigntoamystifiedconditionofmindtorealizeofthemystifierthattheprocessesofapprovingacoursesuggestedbycircumstance,andofstrikingoutacoursefrominnerimpulse,wouldlookthesameintheresult.Thevastdifferencebetweenstartingatrainofevents,anddirectingintoaparticulargrooveaseriesalreadystarted,israrelyapparenttothepersonconfoundedbytheissue.

           WhenBoldwoodwenttobedheplacedthevalentineinthecornerofthelooking-glass.Hewasconsciousofitspresence,evenwhenhisbackwasturneduponit.ItwasthefirsttimeinBoldwood’slifethatsuchaneventhadoccurred.Thesamefascinationthatcausedhimtothinkitanactwhichhadadeliberatemotivepreventedhimfromregardingitasanimpertinence.Helookedagainatthedirection.Themysteriousinfluencesofnightinvestedthewritingwiththepresenceoftheunknownwriter.Somebody’s—somewoman’s—handhadtravelledsoftlyoverthepaperbearinghisname;herunrevealedeyeshadwatchedeverycurveassheformedit;herbrainhadseenhiminimaginationthewhile.Whyshouldshehaveimaginedhim?Hermouth—werethelipsredorpale,plumporcreased?—hadcurveditselftoacertainexpressionasthepenwenton—thecornershadmovedwithalltheirnaturaltremulousness:whathadbeentheexpression?

           Thevisionofthewomanwriting,asasupplementtothewordswritten,hadnoindividuality.Shewasamistyshape,andwellshemightbe,consideringthatheroriginalwasatthatmomentsoundasleepandobliviousofallloveandletter-writingunderthesky.

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