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I. Tidings of the Comer

           Thefurze-rickwasfinished;themenhadgonehome.Eustaciawentupstairs,thinkingthatshewouldtakeawalkatthisherusualtime;andshedeterminedthatherwalkshouldbeinthedirectionofBlooms-End,thebirthplaceofyoungYeobrightandthepresenthomeofhismother.Shehadnoreasonforwalkingelsewhere,andwhyshouldshenotgothatway?Thesceneofthedaydreamissufficientforapilgrimageatnineteen.TolookatthepalingsbeforetheYeobrights’househadthedignityofanecessaryperformance.Strangethatsuchapieceofidlingshouldhaveseemedanimportanterrand.

           Sheputonherbonnet,and,leavingthehouse,descendedthehillonthesidetowardsBlooms-End,whereshewalkedslowlyalongthevalleyforadistanceofamileandahalf.Thisbroughthertoaspotinwhichthegreenbottomofthedalebegantowiden,thefurzebushestorecedeyetfurtherfromthepathoneachside,tilltheywerediminishedtoanisolatedonehereandtherebytheincreasingfertilityofthesoil.Beyondtheirregularcarpetofgrasswasarowofwhitepalings,whichmarkedthevergeoftheheathinthislatitude.Theyshowedupontheduskyscenethattheyborderedasdistinctlyaswhitelaceonvelvet.Behindthewhitepalingswasalittlegarden;behindthegardenanold,irregular,thatchedhouse,facingtheheath,andcommandingafullviewofthevalley.Thiswastheobscure,removedspottowhichwasabouttoreturnamanwhoselatterlifehadbeenpassedintheFrenchcapital—thecentreandvortexofthefashionableworld.

           

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