Chapter 36

           

           Clarearoseinthelightofadawnthatwasashyandfurtive,asthoughassociatedwithcrime.Thefireplaceconfrontedhimwithitsextinctembers;thespreadsupper-table,whereonstoodthetwofullglassesofuntastedwine,nowflatandfilmy;hervacatedseatandhisown;theotherarticlesoffurniture,withtheireternallookofnotbeingabletohelpit,theirintolerableinquirywhatwastobedone?Fromabovetherewasnosound;butinafewminutestherecameaknockatthedoor.Herememberedthatitwouldbetheneighbouringcottager’swife,whowastoministertotheirwantswhiletheyremainedhere.

           Thepresenceofathirdpersoninthehousewouldbeextremelyawkwardjustnow,and,beingalreadydressed,heopenedthewindowandinformedherthattheycouldmanagetoshiftforthemselvesthatmorning.Shehadamilk-caninherhand,whichhetoldhertoleaveatthedoor.Whenthedamehadgoneawayhesearchedinthebackquartersofthehouseforfuel,andspeedilylitafire.Therewasplentyofeggs,butter,bread,andsooninthelarder,andClaresoonhadbreakfastlaid,hisexperiencesatthedairyhavingrenderedhimfacileindomesticpreparations.Thesmokeofthekindledwoodrosefromthechimneywithoutlikealotus-headedcolumn;localpeoplewhowerepassingbysawit,andthoughtofthenewly-marriedcouple,andenviedtheirhappiness.

           Angelcastafinalglanceround,andthengoingtothefootofthestairs,calledinaconventionalvoice

           “Breakfastisready!”

           Heopenedthefrontdoor,andtookafewstepsinthemorningair.

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