Возвращение на родину

IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

           Ishallalwaysthinkofyouasagoodman,andbeanxiousforyourwell-doing.IsendthisbyJaneOrchard’slittlemaid,—AndremainDiggory,yourfaithfulfriend,

           THOMASINYEOBRIGHT.

           ToMR.VENN,Dairy-farmer.

           Sincethearrivalofthatletter,onacertainautumnmorninglongago,thereddlemanandThomasinhadnotmettilltoday.Duringtheintervalhehadshiftedhispositionevenfurtherfromhersthanithadoriginallybeen,byadoptingthereddletrade;thoughhewasreallyinverygoodcircumstancesstill.Indeed,seeingthathisexpenditurewasonlyone-fourthofhisincome,hemighthavebeencalledaprosperousman.

           Rejectedsuitorstaketoroamingasnaturallyasunhivedbees;andthebusinesstowhichhehadcynicallydevotedhimselfwasinmanywayscongenialtoVenn.Buthiswanderings,bymerestressofoldemotions,hadfrequentlytakenanEgdondirection,thoughheneverintrudeduponherwhoattractedhimthither.TobeinThomasin’sheath,andnearher,yetunseen,wastheoneewe-lambofpleasurelefttohim.

           Thencametheincidentofthatday,andthereddleman,stilllovingherwell,wasexcitedbythisaccidentalservicetoheratacriticaljuncturetovowanactivedevotiontohercause,insteadof,ashitherto,sighingandholdingaloof.AfterwhathadhappeneditwasimpossiblethatheshouldnotdoubtthehonestyofWildeve’sintentions.Butherhopewasapparentlycentreduponhim;anddismissinghisregretsVenndeterminedtoaidhertobehappyinherownchosenway.

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