Возвращение на родину

IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

           Thatthiswaywas,ofallothers,themostdistressingtohimself,wasawkwardenough;butthereddleman’slovewasgenerous.

           HisfirstactivestepinwatchingoverThomasin’sinterestswastakenaboutseveno’clockthenexteveningandwasdictatedbythenewswhichhehadlearntfromthesadboy.ThatEustaciawassomehowthecauseofWildeve’scarelessnessinrelationtothemarriagehadatoncebeenVenn’sconclusiononhearingofthesecretmeetingbetweenthem.ItdidnotoccurtohismindthatEustacia’slovesignaltoWildevewasthetendereffectuponthedesertedbeautyoftheintelligencewhichhergrandfatherhadbroughthome.HisinstinctwastoregardherasaconspiratoragainstratherthanasanantecedentobstacletoThomasin’shappiness.

           DuringthedayhehadbeenexceedinglyanxioustolearntheconditionofThomasin,buthedidnotventuretointrudeuponathresholdtowhichhewasastranger,particularlyatsuchanunpleasantmomentasthis.Hehadoccupiedhistimeinmovingwithhisponiesandloadtoanewpointintheheath,eastwardtohispreviousstation;andhereheselectedanookwithacarefuleyetoshelterfromwindandrain,whichseemedtomeanthathisstaytherewastobeacomparativelyextendedone.Afterthishereturnedonfootsomepartofthewaythathehadcome;and,itbeingnowdark,hedivergedtothelefttillhestoodbehindahollybushontheedgeofapitnottwentyyardsfromRainbarrow.

           Hewatchedforameetingthere,buthewatchedinvain.Nobodyexcepthimselfcamenearthespotthatnight.

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