LVI. Beauty in Loneliness—After All

           

           Bathshebarevivedwiththespring.Theutterprostrationthathadfollowedthelowfeverfromwhichshehadsuffereddiminishedperceptiblywhenalluncertaintyuponeverysubjecthadcometoanend.

           Butsheremainedalonenowforthegreaterpartofhertime,andstayedinthehouse,oratfurthestwentintothegarden.Sheshunnedeveryone,evenLiddy,andcouldbebroughttomakenoconfidences,andtoaskfornosympathy.

           Asthesummerdrewonshepassedmoreofhertimeintheopenair,andbegantoexamineintofarmingmattersfromsheernecessity,thoughsheneverrodeoutorpersonallysuperintendedasatformertimes.OneFridayeveninginAugustshewalkedalittlewayalongtheroadandenteredthevillageforthefirsttimesincethesombreeventoftheprecedingChristmas.Noneoftheoldcolourhadasyetcometohercheek,anditsabsolutepalenesswasheightenedbythejetblackofhergown,tillitappearedpreternatural.Whenshereachedalittleshopattheotherendoftheplace,whichstoodnearlyoppositetothechurchyard,Bathshebaheardsinginginsidethechurch,andsheknewthatthesingerswerepractising.Shecrossedtheroad,openedthegate,andenteredthegraveyard,thehighsillsofthechurchwindowseffectuallyscreeningherfromtheeyesofthosegatheredwithin.HerstealthywalkwastothenookwhereinTroyhadworkedatplantingflowersuponFannyRobin’sgrave,andshecametothemarbletombstone.

           Amotionofsatisfactionenlivenedherfaceasshereadthecompleteinscription.

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