Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

XXXIV

           

           Shewasresolvedtokeeponhercourseasthoughnothinghadhappened:tomarryDarrowandneverlettheconsciousnessofthepastintrudeitselfbetweenthem;butshewasbeginningtofeelthattheonlywayofattainingtothisstateofdetachmentfromtheirreparablewasonceforalltoturnbackwithhimtoitscontemplation.AssoonasthisdesirehadgerminateditbecamesostronginherthatsheregrettedhavingpromisedEffietotakeheroutfortheafternoon.Butshecouldthinkofnopretextfordisappointingthelittlegirl,andsoonafterluncheonthethreesetforthinthemotortoshowDarrowachateaufamousintheannalsoftheregion.DuringtheirexcursionAnnafounditimpossibletoguessfromhisdemeanourifEffie’spresencebetweenthemwasasmuchofastraintohiscomposureastohers.Heremainedimperturbablygood-humouredandappreciativewhiletheywenttheroundofthemonument,andsheremarkedonlythatwhenhethoughthimselfunnoticedhisfacegrewgraveandhisanswerscamelesspromptly.

           Onthewayback,twoorthreemilesfromGivre,shesuddenlyproposedthattheyshouldwalkhomethroughtheforestwhichskirtedthatsideofthepark.Darrowacquiesced,andtheygotoutandsentEffieoninthemotor.TheirwayledthroughabitofsoberFrenchwoodland,flatasafadedtapestry,butwithgleamsofliveemeraldlingeringhereandthereamongitsbrownsandochres.Theluminousgreyairgavevividnesstoitsdyingcolours,andveiledthedistantglimpsesofthelandscapeinsoftuncertainty.

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