Возвращение на родину

V. The Journey across the Heath

           “Hiswalkisexactlyasmyhusband’susedtobe,”shesaid;andthenthethoughtburstuponherthatthefurze-cutterwasherson.

           Shewasscarcelyabletofamiliarizeherselfwiththisstrangereality.ShehadbeentoldthatClymwasinthehabitofcuttingfurze,butshehadsupposedthatheoccupiedhimselfwiththelabouronlyatoddtimes,bywayofusefulpastime;yetshenowbeheldhimasafurze-cutterandnothingmore—wearingtheregulationdressofthecraft,andthinkingtheregulationthoughts,tojudgebyhismotions.PlanningadozenhastyschemesforatoncepreservinghimandEustaciafromthismodeoflife,shethrobbinglyfollowedtheway,andsawhimenterhisowndoor.

           AtonesideofClym’shousewasaknoll,andonthetopoftheknollaclumpoffirtreessohighlythrustupintotheskythattheirfoliagefromadistanceappearedasablackspotintheairabovethecrownofthehill.OnreachingthisplaceMrs.Yeobrightfeltdistressinglyagitated,weary,andunwell.Sheascended,andsatdownundertheirshadetorecoverherself,andtoconsiderhowbesttobreakthegroundwithEustacia,soasnottoirritateawomanunderneathwhoseapparentindolencelurkedpassionsevenstrongerandmoreactivethanherown.

           Thetreesbeneathwhichshesatweresingularlybattered,rude,andwild,andforafewminutesMrs.Yeobrightdismissedthoughtsofherownstorm-brokenandexhaustedstatetocontemplatetheirs.Notaboughintheninetreeswhichcomposedthegroupbutwassplintered,lopped,anddistortedbythefierceweatherthatthereheldthematitsmercywheneveritprevailed.

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