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II. The New Course Causes Disappointment

           Howcouldthisbeotherwiseinthedaysofsquarefields,plashedhedges,andmeadowswateredonaplansorectangularthatonafinedaytheylookedlikesilvergridirons?Thefarmer,inhisride,whocouldsmileatartificialgrasses,lookwithsolicitudeatthecomingcorn,andsighwithsadnessatthefly-eatenturnips,bestoweduponthedistantuplandofheathnothingbetterthanafrown.ButasforYeobright,whenhelookedfromtheheightsonhiswayhecouldnothelpindulginginabarbaroussatisfactionatobservingthat,insomeoftheattemptsatreclamationfromthewaste,tillage,afterholdingonforayearortwo,hadrecededagainindespair,thefernsandfurze-tuftsstubbornlyreassertingthemselves.

           Hedescendedintothevalley,andsoonreachedhishomeatBlooms-End.Hismotherwassnippingdeadleavesfromthewindow-plants.Shelookedupathimasifshedidnotunderstandthemeaningofhislongstaywithher;herfacehadwornthatlookforseveraldays.Hecouldperceivethatthecuriositywhichhadbeenshownbythehair-cuttinggroupamountedinhismothertoconcern.Butshehadaskednoquestionwithherlips,evenwhenthearrivalofhistrunksuggestedthathewasnotgoingtoleavehersoon.Hersilencebesoughtanexplanationofhimmoreloudlythanwords.

           “IamnotgoingbacktoParisagain,Mother,”hesaid.“Atleast,inmyoldcapacity.Ihavegivenupthebusiness.”

           Mrs.Yeobrightturnedinpainedsurprise.“Ithoughtsomethingwasamiss,becauseoftheboxes.Iwonderyoudidnottellmesooner.”

           “Ioughttohavedoneit.

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