Chapter 16

           

           Onathyme-scented,bird-hatchingmorninginMay,betweentwoandthreeyearsafterthereturnfromTrantridgesilentreconstructiveyearsforTessDurbeyfieldsheleftherhomeforthesecondtime.

           Havingpackedupherluggagesothatitcouldbesenttoherlater,shestartedinahiredtrapforthelittletownofStourcastle,throughwhichitwasnecessarytopassonherjourney,nowinadirectionalmostoppositetothatofherfirstadventuring.OnthecurveofthenearesthillshelookedbackregretfullyatMarlottandherfather’shouse,althoughshehadbeensoanxioustogetaway.

           Herkindreddwellingtherewouldprobablycontinuetheirdailylivesasheretofore,withnogreatdiminutionofpleasureintheirconsciousness,althoughshewouldbefaroff,andtheydeprivedofhersmile.Inafewdaysthechildrenwouldengageintheirgamesasmerrilyasever,withoutthesenseofanygapleftbyherdeparture.Thisleavingoftheyoungerchildrenshehaddecidedtobeforthebest;wereshetoremaintheywouldprobablygainlessgoodbyherpreceptsthanharmbyherexample.

           ShewentthroughStourcastlewithoutpausing,andonwardtoajunctionofhighways,whereshecouldawaitacarrier’svanthatrantothesouth-west;fortherailwayswhichengirdledthisinteriortractofcountryhadneveryetstruckacrossit.Whilewaiting,however,therecamealongafarmerinhisspringcart,drivingapproximatelyinthedirectionthatshewishedtopursue.

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