Возвращение на родину

VI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian

           Heresheidlyoccupiedherselfforafewminutes,tillfindingnonoticewastakenofhersheretracedherstepsthroughthehousetothefront,whereshelistenedforvoicesintheparlour.Buthearingnonesheopenedthedoorandwentin.ToherastonishmentClymlaypreciselyasWildeveandherselfhadlefthim,hissleepapparentlyunbroken.Hehadbeendisturbedandmadetodreamandmurmurbytheknocking,buthehadnotawakened.Eustaciahastenedtothedoor,andinspiteofherreluctancetoopenittoawomanwhohadspokenofhersobitterly,sheunfasteneditandlookedout.Nobodywastobeseen.There,bythescraper,layClym’shookandthehandfuloffaggot-bondshehadbroughthome;infrontofherweretheemptypath,thegardengatestandingslightlyajar;and,beyond,thegreatvalleyofpurpleheaththrillingsilentlyinthesun.Mrs.Yeobrightwasgone.

           Clym’smotherwasatthistimefollowingapathwhichlayhiddenfromEustaciabyashoulderofthehill.Herwalkthitherfromthegardengatehadbeenhastyanddetermined,asofawomanwhowasnownolessanxioustoescapefromthescenethanshehadpreviouslybeentoenterit.Hereyeswerefixedontheground;withinhertwosightsweregraven—thatofClym’shookandbramblesatthedoor,andthatofawoman’sfaceatawindow.

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