Возвращение на родину

I. The Inevitable Movement Onward

           

           WhenClymwasgoneThomasincreptupstairsinthedark,and,justlisteningbythecot,toassureherselfthatthechildwasasleep,shewenttothewindow,gentlyliftedthecornerofthewhitecurtain,andlookedout.Vennwasstillthere.Shewatchedthegrowthofthefaintradianceappearingintheskybytheeasternhill,tillpresentlytheedgeofthemoonburstupwardsandfloodedthevalleywithlight.Diggory’sformwasnowdistinctonthegreen;hewasmovingaboutinabowedattitude,evidentlyscanningthegrassforthepreciousmissingarticle,walkinginzigzagsrightandlefttillheshouldhavepassedovereveryfootoftheground.

           “Howveryridiculous!”Thomasinmurmuredtoherself,inatonewhichwasintendedtobesatirical.“Tothinkthatamanshouldbesosillyastogomooningaboutlikethatforagirl’sglove!Arespectabledairyman,too,andamanofmoneyasheisnow.Whatapity!”

           AtlastVennappearedtofindit;whereuponhestoodupandraisedittohislips.Thenplacingitinhisbreastpocket—thenearestreceptacletoaman’sheartpermittedbymodernraiment—heascendedthevalleyinamathematicallydirectlinetowardshisdistanthomeinthemeadows.

           

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