Возвращение на родину

III. The Custom of the Country

           Isn’titspokelikeaman,Timothy,andwasn’tMis’essYeobrightwrongaboutme?”

           “Yes,itwilldo.Ididn’tknowthetwohadwalkedtogethersincelastfall,whenherauntforbadthebanns.Howlonghasthisnewset-tobeeninmanglingthen?Doyouknow,Humphrey?”

           “Yes,howlong?”saidGrandferCantlesmartly,likewiseturningtoHumphrey.“Iaskthatquestion.”

           “Eversinceherauntalteredhermind,andsaidshemighthavethemanafterall,”repliedHumphrey,withoutremovinghiseyesfromthefire.Hewasasomewhatsolemnyoungfellow,andcarriedthehookandleatherglovesofafurze-cutter,hislegs,byreasonofthatoccupation,beingsheathedinbulgingleggingsasstiffasthePhilistine’sgreavesofbrass.“That’swhytheywentawaytobemarried,Icount.Yousee,afterkickingupsuchanunny-watchandforbiddingthebanns’twouldhavemadeMis’essYeobrightseemfoolish-liketohaveabangingweddinginthesameparishallasifshe’dnevergainsaidit.”

           “Exactly—seemfoolish-like;andthat’sverybadforthepoorthingsthatbeso,thoughIonlyguessasmuch,tobesure,”saidGrandferCantle,stillstrenuouslypreservingasensiblebearingandmien.

           “Ah,well,Iwasatchurchthatday,”saidFairway,“whichwasaverycuriousthingtohappen.”

           “If’twasn’tmyname’sSimple,”saidtheGrandferemphatically.“Iha’n’tbeenthereto-year;andnowthewinterisa-comingonIwon’tsayIshall.

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