Возвращение на родину

III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama

           

           Yeobrightmadenoreply;thecurrentofherfeelingwastoopronouncedtoadmitit.

           Theearlyweeksoftheyearpassedon.Yeobrightcertainlystudiedathome,buthealsowalkedmuchabroad,andthedirectionofhiswalkwasalwaystowardssomepointofalinebetweenMistoverandRainbarrow.

           ThemonthofMarcharrived,andtheheathshoweditsfirstsignsofawakeningfromwintertrance.Theawakeningwasalmostfelineinitsstealthiness.ThepooloutsidethebankbyEustacia’sdwelling,whichseemedasdeadanddesolateasevertoanobserverwhomovedandmadenoisesinhisobservation,wouldgraduallydiscloseastateofgreatanimationwhensilentlywatchedawhile.Atimidanimalworldhadcometolifefortheseason.Littletadpolesandeftsbegantobubbleupthroughthewater,andtoracealongbeneathit;toadsmadenoiseslikeveryyoungducks,andadvancedtothemarginintwosandthrees;overhead,bumblebeesflewhitherandthitherinthethickeninglight,theirdronecomingandgoinglikethesoundofagong.

           OnaneveningsuchasthisYeobrightdescendedintotheBlooms-Endvalleyfrombesidethatverypool,wherehehadbeenstandingwithanotherpersonquitesilentlyandquitelongenoughtohearallthispunystirofresurrectioninnature;yethehadnotheardit.Hiswalkwasrapidashecamedown,andhewentwithaspringytrend.Beforeenteringuponhismother’spremiseshestoppedandbreathed.Thelightwhichshoneforthonhimfromthewindowrevealedthathisfacewasflushedandhiseyebright.Whatitdidnotshowwassomethingwhichlingereduponhislipslikeasealsetthere.

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