Возвращение на родину

VII. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness

           

           “Whoareyou?”saidWildeve,discerningbythecandle-lightanobscurerubicundityofpersoninhiscompanion.“YouarethereddlemanIsawonthehillthismorning—why,youarethemanwho——”

           “Pleasereadtheletter.”

           “IfyouhadcomefromtheotheroneIshouldn’thavebeensurprised,”murmuredWildeveasheopenedtheletterandread.Hisfacegrewserious.

           TOMR.WILDEVE.

           AftersomethoughtIhavedecidedonceandforallthatwemustholdnofurthercommunication.ThemoreIconsiderthematterthemoreIamconvincedthattheremustbeanendtoouracquaintance.Hadyoubeenuniformlyfaithfultomethroughoutthesetwoyearsyoumightnowhavesomegroundforaccusingmeofheartlessness;butifyoucalmlyconsiderwhatIboreduringtheperiodofyourdesertion,andhowIpassivelyputupwithyourcourtshipofanotherwithoutonceinterfering,youwill,Ithink,ownthatIhavearighttoconsultmyownfeelingswhenyoucomebacktomeagain.Thatthesearenotwhattheyweretowardsyoumay,perhaps,beafaultinme,butitisonewhichyoucanscarcelyreproachmeforwhenyourememberhowyouleftmeforThomasin.

           Thelittlearticlesyougavemeintheearlypartofourfriendshiparereturnedbythebearerofthisletter.TheyshouldrightlyhavebeensentbackwhenIfirstheardofyourengagementtoher.

           EUSTACIA.

           BythetimethatWildevereachedhernametheblanknesswithwhichhehadreadthefirsthalfoftheletterintensifiedtomortification.“Iammadeagreatfoolof,onewayandanother,”hesaidpettishly.

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