Возвращение на родину

VIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers

           

           Withthisheclosedthedooruponher,andleftthehouseincompanywithCaptainVye,whopartedfromhimoutsidethegate,takingthemiddlepath,whichledtoMistover.Clymcrossedbytheright-handtracktowardstheinn.

           Thomasin,beingleftalone,tookoffsomeofherwetgarments,carriedthebabyupstairstoClym’sbed,andthencamedowntothesitting-roomagain,whereshemadealargerfire,andbegandryingherself.Thefiresoonflaredupthechimney,givingtheroomanappearanceofcomfortthatwasdoubledbycontrastwiththedrummingofthestormwithout,whichsnappedatthewindowpanesandbreathedintothechimneystrangelowutterancesthatseemedtobetheprologuetosometragedy.

           ButtheleastpartofThomasinwasinthehouse,forherheartbeingateaseaboutthelittlegirlupstairsshewasmentallyfollowingClymonhisjourney.Havingindulgedinthisimaginaryperegrinationforsomeconsiderableinterval,shebecameimpressedwithasenseoftheintolerableslownessoftime.Butshesaton.Themomentthencamewhenshecouldscarcelysitlonger,anditwaslikeasatireonherpatiencetorememberthatClymcouldhardlyhavereachedtheinnasyet.Atlastshewenttothebaby’sbedside.Thechildwassleepingsoundly;butherimaginationofpossiblydisastrouseventsatherhome,thepredominancewithinheroftheunseenovertheseen,agitatedherbeyondendurance.Shecouldnotrefrainfromgoingdownandopeningthedoor.

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