XI. Outside the Barracks—Snow—A Meeting

           

           Fordrearinessnothingcouldsurpassaprospectintheoutskirtsofacertaintownandmilitarystation,manymilesnorthofWeatherbury,atalaterhouronthissamesnowyeveningifthatmaybecalledaprospectofwhichthechiefconstituentwasdarkness.

           Itwasanightwhensorrowmaycometothebrightestwithoutcausinganygreatsenseofincongruity:when,withimpressiblepersons,lovebecomessolicitousness,hopesinkstomisgiving,andfaithtohope:whentheexerciseofmemorydoesnotstirfeelingsofregretatopportunitiesforambitionthathavebeenpassedby,andanticipationdoesnotprompttoenterprise.

           Thescenewasapublicpath,borderedonthelefthandbyariver,behindwhichroseahighwall.Ontherightwasatractofland,partlymeadowandpartlymoor,reaching,atitsremoteverge,toawideundulatingupland.

           Thechangesoftheseasonsarelessobtrusiveonspotsofthiskindthanamidwoodlandscenery.Still,toacloseobserver,theyarejustasperceptible;thedifferenceisthattheirmediaofmanifestationarelesstriteandfamiliarthansuchwell-knownonesastheburstingofthebudsorthefalloftheleaf.Manyarenotsostealthyandgradualaswemaybeapttoimagineinconsideringthegeneraltorpidityofamoororwaste.Winter,incomingtothecountryhereabout,advancedinwell-markedstages,whereinmighthavebeensuccessivelyobservedtheretreatofthesnakes,thetransformationoftheferns,thefillingofthepools,arisingoffogs,theembrowningbyfrost,thecollapseofthefungi,andanobliterationbysnow.

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