Возвращение на родину

IV. The Halt on the Turnpike Road

           ’”

           “HowdidsheknowyourChristianname?”saidMrs.Yeobrightdoubtingly.

           “IhadmetherasaladbeforeIwentawayinthistrade.Sheaskedthenifshemightride,andthendownshefellinafaint.Ipickedherupandputherin,andthereshehasbeeneversince.Shehascriedagooddeal,butshehashardlyspoke;allshehastoldmebeingthatshewastohavebeenmarriedthismorning.Itriedtogethertoeatsomething,butshecouldn’t;andatlastshefellasleep.”

           “Letmeseeheratonce,”saidMrs.Yeobright,hasteningtowardsthevan.

           Thereddlemanfollowedwiththelantern,and,steppingupfirst,assistedMrs.Yeobrighttomountbesidehim.Onthedoorbeingopenedsheperceivedattheendofthevananextemporizedcouch,aroundwhichwashungapparentlyallthedraperythatthereddlemanpossessed,tokeeptheoccupantofthelittlecouchfromcontactwiththeredmaterialsofhistrade.Ayounggirllaythereon,coveredwithacloak.Shewasasleep,andthelightofthelanternfelluponherfeatures.

           Afair,sweet,andhonestcountryfacewasrevealed,reposinginanestofwavychestnuthair.Itwasbetweenprettyandbeautiful.Thoughhereyeswereclosed,onecouldeasilyimaginethelightnecessarilyshininginthemastheculminationoftheluminousworkmanshiparound.Thegroundworkofthefacewashopefulness;butoveritnowIaylikeaforeignsubstanceafilmofanxietyandgrief.Thegriefhadbeentheresoshortlyastohaveabstractednothingofthebloom,andhadasyetbutgivenadignitytowhatitmighteventuallyundermine.

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