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III. How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream

           IfshehadhadalittlelessprideshemighthavegoneandcircumambulatedtheYeobrights’premisesatBlooms-Endatanymaidenlysacrificeuntilshehadseenhim.ButEustaciadidneitherofthesethings.Sheactedasthemostexemplarymighthaveacted,beingsoinfluenced;shetookanairingtwiceorthriceadayupontheEgdonhills,andkepthereyesemployed.

           Thefirstoccasionpassed,andhedidnotcomethatway.

           Shepromenadedasecondtime,andwasagainthesolewandererthere.

           Thethirdtimetherewasadensefog;shelookedaround,butwithoutmuchhope.Evenifhehadbeenwalkingwithintwentyyardsofhershecouldnothaveseenhim.

           Atthefourthattempttoencounterhimitbegantorainintorrents,andsheturnedback.

           Thefifthsallywasintheafternoon;itwasfine,andsheremainedoutlong,walkingtotheverytopofthevalleyinwhichBlooms-Endlay.Shesawthewhitepalingabouthalfamileoff;buthedidnotappear.Itwasalmostwithheart-sicknessthatshecamehomeandwithasenseofshameatherweakness.SheresolvedtolookforthemanfromParisnomore.

           ButProvidenceisnothingifnotcoquettish;andnosoonerhadEustaciaformedthisresolvethantheopportunitycamewhich,whilesought,hadbeenentirelywithholden.

           

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