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IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

           

           Butthelossofhislabourproducedlittleeffectuponthereddleman.HehadstoodintheshoesofTantalus,andseemedtolookuponacertainmassofdisappointmentasthenaturalprefacetoallrealizations,withoutwhichprefacetheywouldgivecauseforalarm.

           Thesamehourthenexteveningfoundhimagainatthesameplace;butEustaciaandWildeve,theexpectedtrysters,didnotappear.

           Hepursuedpreciselythesamecourseyetfournightslonger,andwithoutsuccess.Butonthenext,beingtheday-weekoftheirpreviousmeeting,hesawafemaleshapefloatingalongtheridgeandtheoutlineofayoungmanascendingfromthevalley.Theymetinthelittleditchencirclingthetumulus—theoriginalexcavationfromwhichithadbeenthrownupbytheancientBritishpeople.

           Thereddleman,stungwithsuspicionofwrongtoThomasin,wasarousedtostrategyinamoment.Heinstantlyleftthebushandcreptforwardonhishandsandknees.Whenhehadgotascloseashemightsafelyventurewithoutdiscoveryhefoundthat,owingtoacross-wind,theconversationofthetrystingpaircouldnotbeoverheard.

           Nearhim,asindiversplacesabouttheheath,wereareasstrewnwithlargeturves,whichlayedgewaysandupsidedownawaitingremovalbyTimothyFairway,previoustothewinterweather.Hetooktwooftheseashelay,anddraggedthemoverhimtillonecoveredhisheadandshoulders,theotherhisbackandlegs.Thereddlemanwouldnowhavebeenquiteinvisible,evenbydaylight;theturves,standinguponhimwiththeheatherupwards,lookedpreciselyasiftheyweregrowing.

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