Возвращение на родину

IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together

           Theexpressionofherfinelycarvedmouthwaspleasant,asifasenseofdignityhadjustcompelledhertoleaveoffspeaking.Eternalrigidityhadseizeduponitinamomentarytransitionbetweenfervourandresignation.Herblackhairwasloosernowthaneitherofthemhadeverseenitbefore,andsurroundedherbrowlikeaforest.Thestatelinessoflookwhichhadbeenalmosttoomarkedforadwellerinacountrydomicilehadatlastfoundanartisticallyhappybackground.

           Nobodyspoke,tillatlengthClymcoveredherandturnedaside.“Nowcomehere,”hesaid.

           Theywenttoarecessinthesameroom,andthere,onasmallerbed,layanotherfigure—Wildeve.LessreposewasvisibleinhisfacethaninEustacia’s,butthesameluminousyouthfulnessoverspreadit,andtheleastsympatheticobserverwouldhavefeltatsightofhimnowthathewasbornforahigherdestinythanthis.Theonlysignuponhimofhisrecentstruggleforlifewasinhisfingertips,whichwerewornandsacrificedinhisdyingendeavourstoobtainaholdonthefaceoftheweir-wall.

           Yeobright’smannerhadbeensoquiet,hehadutteredsofewsyllablessincehisreappearance,thatVennimaginedhimresigned.Itwasonlywhentheyhadlefttheroomandstooduponthelandingthatthetruestateofhismindwasapparent.Herehesaid,withawildsmile,inclininghisheadtowardsthechamberinwhichEustacialay,“SheisthesecondwomanIhavekilledthisyear.Iwasagreatcauseofmymother’sdeath,andIamthechiefcauseofhers.”

           “How?”saidVenn.

           “Ispokecruelwordstoher,andsheleftmyhouse

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