Місіс Деллоуей
Besides,nowthathewasquitealone,condemned,deserted,asthosewhoareabouttodiearealone,therewasaluxuryinit,anisolationfullofsublimity;afreedomwhichtheattachedcanneverknow.Holmeshadwonofcourse;thebrutewiththerednostrilshadwon.ButevenHolmeshimselfcouldnottouchthislastrelicstrayingontheedgeoftheworld,thisoutcast,whogazedbackattheinhabitedregions,wholay,likeadrownedsailor,ontheshoreoftheworld.
Itwasatthatmoment(Reziagoneshopping)thatthegreatrevelationtookplace.Avoicespokefrombehindthescreen.Evanswasspeaking.Thedeadwerewithhim.
“Evans,Evans!”hecried.
Mr.Smithwastalkingaloudtohimself,AgnestheservantgirlcriedtoMrs.Filmerinthekitchen.“Evans,Evans,”hehadsaidasshebroughtinthetray.Shejumped,shedid.Shescuttleddownstairs.
AndReziacamein,withherflowers,andwalkedacrosstheroom,andputtherosesinavase,uponwhichthesunstruckdirectly,anditwentlaughing,leapingroundtheroom.
Shehadhadtobuytheroses,Reziasaid,fromapoormaninthestreet.Buttheywerealmostdeadalready,shesaid,arrangingtheroses.
Sotherewasamanoutside;Evanspresumably;andtheroses,whichReziasaidwerehalfdead,hadbeenpickedbyhiminthefieldsofGreece.“Communicationishealth;communicationishappiness,communication—”hemuttered.
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