Возвращение на родину

VI. The Two Stand Face to Face

           Aseriesofattentionspaidtoher,andyetnottoherbuttosomeimaginaryperson,bythefirstmanshehadeverbeeninclinedtoadore,complicatedheremotionsindescribably.Shehadlovedhimpartlybecausehewasexceptionalinthisscene,partlybecauseshehaddeterminedtolovehim,chieflybecauseshewasindesperateneedoflovingsomebodyafterwearyingofWildeve.Believingthatshemustlovehiminspiteofherself,shehadbeeninfluencedafterthefashionofthesecondLordLyttletonandotherpersons,whohavedreamedthattheyweretodieonacertainday,andbystressofamorbidimaginationhaveactuallybroughtaboutthatevent.Onceletamaidenadmitthepossibilityofherbeingstrickenwithloveforsomeoneatacertainhourandplace,andthethingisasgoodasdone.

           DidanythingatthismomentsuggesttoYeobrightthesexofthecreaturewhomthatfantasticguiseinclosed,howextendedwasherscopebothinfeelingandinmakingothersfeel,andhowfarhercompasstranscendedthatofhercompanionsintheband?WhenthedisguisedQueenofLoveappearedbeforeAeneasapreternaturalperfumeaccompaniedherpresenceandbetrayedherquality.Ifsuchamysteriousemanationeverwasprojectedbytheemotionsofanearthlywomanupontheirobject,itmusthavesignifiedEustacia’spresencetoYeobrightnow.Helookedatherwistfully,thenseemedtofallintoareverie,asifhewereforgettingwhatheobserved.Themomentarysituationended,hepassedon,andEustaciasippedherwinewithoutknowingwhatshedrank.

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