Chapter 50

           

           Sheplungedintothechillyequinoctialdarknessastheclockstruckten,forherfifteenmiles’walkunderthesteelystars.Inlonedistrictsnightisaprotectionratherthanadangertoanoiselesspedestrian,andknowingthisTesspursuedthenearestcoursealongby-lanesthatshewouldalmosthavefearedintheday-time;butmarauderswerewantingnow,andspectralfearsweredrivenoutofhermindbythoughtsofhermother.Thussheproceededmileaftermile,ascendinganddescendingtillshecametoBulbarrow,andaboutmidnightlookedfromthatheightintotheabyssofchaoticshadewhichwasallthatrevealeditselfofthevaleonwhosefurthersideshewasborn.Havingalreadytraversedaboutfivemilesontheuplandshehadnowsometenoreleveninthelowlandbeforeherjourneywouldbefinished.Thewindingroaddownwardsbecamejustvisibletoherunderthewanstarlightasshefollowedit,andsoonshepacedasoilsocontrastingwiththataboveitthatthedifferencewasperceptibletothetreadandtothesmell.ItwastheheavyclaylandofBlackmoorVale,andapartoftheValetowhichturnpike-roadshadneverpenetrated.Superstitionslingerlongestontheseheavysoils.Havingoncebeenforest,atthisshadowytimeitseemedtoassertsomethingofitsoldcharacter,thefarandthenearbeingblended,andeverytreeandtallhedgemakingthemostofitspresence.

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