Возвращение на родину

IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

           Moreover,afterlookingathimonewouldhavehazardedtheguessthatgoodnature,andanacutenessasextremeasitcouldbewithoutvergingoncraft,formedtheframeworkofhischaracter.

           Whilehedarnedthestockinghisfacebecamerigidwiththought.Softerexpressionsfollowedthis,andthenagainrecurredthetendersadnesswhichhadsatuponhimduringhisdrivealongthehighwaythatafternoon.Presentlyhisneedlestopped.Helaiddownthestocking,arosefromhisseat,andtookaleathernpouchfromahookinthecornerofthevan.Thiscontainedamongotherarticlesabrown-paperpacket,which,tojudgefromthehinge-likecharacterofitswornfolds,seemedtohavebeencarefullyopenedandclosedagoodmanytimes.Hesatdownonathree-leggedmilkingstoolthatformedtheonlyseatinthevan,and,examininghispacketbythelightofacandle,tookthenceanoldletterandspreaditopen.Thewritinghadoriginallybeentracedonwhitepaper,buttheletterhadnowassumedapaleredtingefromtheaccidentofitssituation;andtheblackstrokesofwritingthereonlookedlikethetwigsofawinterhedgeagainstavermilionsunset.Theletterboreadatesometwoyearsprevioustothattime,andwassigned“ThomasinYeobright.”Itranasfollows:—

           DEARDIGGORYVENN,—ThequestionyouputwhenyouovertookmecominghomefromPond-closegavemesuchasurprisethatIamafraidIdidnotmakeyouexactlyunderstandwhatImeant.Ofcourse,ifmyaunthadnotmetmeIcouldhaveexplainedallthenatonce,butasitwastherewasnochance.

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