Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

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           Theairthatenteredwithithadafrostyedge,andAnnabadeEffieruntothehallforwraps.

           Darrowsaid:“Youmusthaveonetoo,”andstartedtowardthedoor;butSophy,followingherpupil,criedback:“We’llbringthingsforeverybody.”

           Owenhadfollowedher,andinamomentthethreereappeared,andthepartywentoutontheterrace.Thedeepbluepurityofthenightwasunveiledbymist,andthemoonlightrimmedtheedgesofthetreeswithasilverblurandblanchedtounnaturalwhitenessthestatuesagainsttheirwallsofshade.

           DarrowandAnna,withEffiebetweenthem,strolledtothefarthercorneroftheterrace.Belowthem,betweenthefringesofthepark,thelawnslopeddimlytothefieldsabovetheriver.Forafewminutestheystoodsilentlysidebyside,touchedtopeacebeneaththetremblingbeautyofthesky.Whentheyturnedback,DarrowsawthatOwenandSophyViner,whohadgonedownthestepstothegarden,werealsowalkinginthedirectionofthehouse.Astheyadvanced,Sophypausedinapatchofmoonlight,betweenthesharpshadowsoftheyews,andDarrownoticedthatshehadthrownoverhershouldersalongcloakofsomelightcolour,whichsuddenlyevokedherimageasshehadenteredtherestaurantathissideonthenightoftheirfirstdinnerinParis.Amomentlatertheywerealltogetheragainontheterrace,andwhentheyre-enteredthedrawing-roomtheolderladieswereontheirwaytobed

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