Возвращение на родину

II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble

           Thenaturalqueryofanobserverwouldhavebeen,Whyshouldsuchapromisingbeingasthishavehiddenhisprepossessingexteriorbyadoptingthatsingularoccupation?

           Afterreplyingtotheoldman’sgreetingheshowednoinclinationtocontinueintalk,althoughtheystillwalkedsidebyside,fortheeldertravellerseemedtodesirecompany.Therewerenosoundsbutthatoftheboomingwinduponthestretchoftawnyherbagearoundthem,thecracklingwheels,thetreadofthemen,andthefootstepsofthetwoshaggyponieswhichdrewthevan.Theyweresmall,hardyanimals,ofabreedbetweenGallowayandExmoor,andwereknownas“heath-croppers”here.

           Now,astheythuspursuedtheirway,thereddlemanoccasionallylefthiscompanion’sside,and,steppingbehindthevan,lookedintoitsinteriorthroughasmallwindow.Thelookwasalwaysanxious.Hewouldthenreturntotheoldman,whomadeanotherremarkaboutthestateofthecountryandsoon,towhichthereddlemanagainabstractedlyreplied,andthenagaintheywouldlapseintosilence.Thesilenceconveyedtoneitheranysenseofawkwardness;intheselonelyplaceswayfarers,afterafirstgreeting,frequentlyplodonformileswithoutspeech;contiguityamountstoatacitconversationwhere,otherwisethanincities,suchcontiguitycanbeputanendtoonthemerestinclination,andwherenottoputanendtoitisintercourseinitself.

           Possiblythesetwomightnothavespokenagaintilltheirparting,haditnotbeenforthereddleman’svisitstohisvan.

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