Возвращение на родину

VII. The Night of the Sixth of November

           Asuddenrecollectionhadflashedonherthismoment—shehadnotmoneyenoughforundertakingalongjourney.Amidthefluctuatingsentimentsofthedayherunpracticalmindhadnotdweltonthenecessityofbeingwell-provided,andnowthatshethoroughlyrealizedtheconditionsshesighedbitterlyandceasedtostanderect,graduallycrouchingdownundertheumbrellaasifsheweredrawnintotheBarrowbyahandfrombeneath.Coulditbethatshewastoremainacaptivestill?Money—shehadneverfeltitsvaluebefore.Eventoeffaceherselffromthecountrymeanswererequired.ToaskWildeveforpecuniaryaidwithoutallowinghimtoaccompanyherwasimpossibletoawomanwithashadowofprideleftinher;toflyashismistress—andsheknewthathelovedher—wasofthenatureofhumiliation.

           Anyonewhohadstoodbynowwouldhavepitiedher,notsomuchonaccountofherexposuretoweather,andisolationfromallofhumanityexceptthemoulderedremainsinsidethetumulus;butforthatotherformofmiserywhichwasdenotedbytheslightlyrockingmovementthatherfeelingsimpartedtoherperson.Extremeunhappinessweighedvisiblyuponher.Betweenthedrippingsoftherainfromherumbrellatohermantle,fromhermantletotheheather,fromtheheathertotheearth,verysimilarsoundscouldbeheardcomingfromherlips;andthetearfulnessoftheouterscenewasrepeateduponherface.

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