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X. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion

           ThatRoyalportandwateringplace,iftrulymirroredinthemindsoftheheathfolk,musthavecombined,inacharmingandindescribablemanneraCarthaginianbustleofbuildingwithTarentineluxuriousnessandBaianhealthandbeauty.Eustaciafeltlittlelessextravagantlyabouttheplace;butshewouldnotsinkherindependencetogetthere.

           WhenDiggoryVennhadgonequiteaway,Eustaciawalkedtothebankandlookeddownthewildandpicturesquevaletowardsthesun,whichwasalsointhedirectionofWildeve’s.Themisthadnowsofarcollapsedthatthetipsofthetreesandbushesaroundhishousecouldjustbediscerned,asifboringupwardsthroughavastwhitecobwebwhichcloakedthemfromtheday.Therewasnodoubtthathermindwasinclinedthitherward;indefinitely,fancifully—twininganduntwiningabouthimasthesingleobjectwithinherhorizononwhichdreamsmightcrystallize.Themanwhohadbegunbybeingmerelyheramusement,andwouldneverhavebeenmorethanherhobbybutforhisskillindesertingherattherightmoments,wasnowagainherdesire.Cessationinhislove-makinghadrevivifiedherlove.SuchfeelingasEustaciahadidlygiventoWildevewasdammedintoafloodbyThomasin.ShehadusedtoteaseWildeve,butthatwasbeforeanotherhadfavouredhim.Oftenadropofironyintoanindifferentsituationrendersthewholepiquant.

           “Iwillnevergivehimup—never!”shesaidimpetuously.

           Thereddleman’shintthatrumourmightshowhertodisadvantagehadnopermanentterrorforEustacia.Shewasasunconcernedatthatcontingencyasagoddessatalackoflinen

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