Возвращение на родину

VI. The Figure against the Sky

           Afaintilluminationfromitsraysbegantoglowuponherface,andthefiresoonrevealeditselftobelit,notonthelevelground,butonasalientcornerorredanofearth,atthejunctionoftwoconvergingbankfences.Outsidewasaditch,dryexceptimmediatelyunderthefire,wheretherewasalargepool,beardedallroundbyheatherandrushes.Inthesmoothwaterofthepoolthefireappearedupsidedown.

           Thebanksmeetingbehindwerebareofahedge,savesuchaswasformedbydisconnectedtuftsoffurze,standinguponstemsalongthetop,likeimpaledheadsaboveacitywall.Awhitemast,fittedupwithsparsandothernauticaltackle,couldbeseenrisingagainstthedarkcloudswhenevertheflamesplayedbrightlyenoughtoreachit.Altogetherthescenehadmuchtheappearanceofafortificationuponwhichhadbeenkindledabeaconfire.

           Nobodywasvisible;buteverandanonawhitishsomethingmovedabovethebankfrombehind,andvanishedagain.Thiswasasmallhumanhand,intheactofliftingpiecesoffuelintothefire,butforallthatcouldbeseenthehand,likethatwhichtroubledBelshazzar,wastherealone.Occasionallyanemberrolledoffthebank,anddroppedwithahissintothepool.

           Atonesideofthepoolroughstepsbuiltofclodsenabledeveryonewhowishedtodosotomountthebank;whichthewomandid.Withinwasapaddockinanuncultivatedstate,thoughbearingevidenceofhavingoncebeentilled;buttheheathandfernhadinsidiouslycreptin,andwerereassertingtheiroldsupremacy.

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