Возвращение на родину

VIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart

           “PoorDiggory!”shesaid,andthenarousedherselftootherthings.

           Thenextdaywaspassedinmeremechanicaldeedsofpreparation,boththewomenbeinganxioustoimmersethemselvesinthesetoescapetheemotionalaspectofthesituation.SomewearingapparelandotherarticleswerecollectedanewforThomasin,andremarksondomesticdetailswerefrequentlymade,soastoobscureanyinnermisgivingsaboutherfutureasWildeve’swife.

           Theappointedmorningcame.ThearrangementwithWildevewasthatheshouldmeetheratthechurchtoguardagainstanyunpleasantcuriositywhichmighthaveaffectedthemhadtheybeenseenwalkingofftogetherintheusualcountryway.

           Auntandniecestoodtogetherinthebedroomwherethebridewasdressing.Thesun,whereitcouldcatchit,madeamirrorofThomasin’shair,whichshealwaysworebraided.Itwasbraidedaccordingtoacalendarsystem—themoreimportantthedaythemorenumerousthestrandsinthebraid.Onordinaryworking-daysshebraideditinthrees;onordinarySundaysinfours;atMaypolings,gipsyings,andthelike,shebraideditinfives.Yearsagoshehadsaidthatwhenshemarriedshewouldbraiditinsevens.Shehadbraideditinsevenstoday.

           “IhavebeenthinkingthatIwillwearmybluesilkafterall,”shesaid.“Itismyweddingday,eventhoughtheremaybesomethingsadaboutthetime.Imean,”sheadded,anxioustocorrectanywrongimpression,“notsadinitself,butinitshavinghadgreatdisappointmentandtroublebeforeit.”

           Mrs.Yeobrightbreathedinawaywhichmighthavebeencalledasigh.

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