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III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama

           Thephilosophyofhernature,anditslimitationbycircumstances,wasalmostwritteninhermovements.Theyhadamajesticfoundation,thoughtheywerefarfrombeingmajestic;andtheyhadaground-workofassurance,buttheywerenotassured.Asheronceelasticwalkhadbecomedeadenedbytime,sohadhernaturalprideoflifebeenhinderedinitsbloomingbyhernecessities.

           ThenextslighttouchintheshapingofClym’sdestinyoccurredafewdaysafter.Abarrowwasopenedontheheath,andYeobrightattendedtheoperation,remainingawayfromhisstudyduringseveralhours.IntheafternoonChristianreturnedfromajourneyinthesamedirection,andMrs.Yeobrightquestionedhim.

           “Theyhavedugahole,andtheyhavefoundthingslikeflowerpotsupsidedown,Mis’essYeobright;andinsidetheseberealcharnelbones.Theyhavecarried’emofftomen’shouses;butIshouldn’tliketosleepwheretheywillbide.Deadfolkshavebeenknowntocomeandclaimtheirown.Mr.Yeobrighthadgotonepotofthebones,andwasgoingtobring’emhome—realskellingtonbones—but’twasorderedotherwise.You’llberelievedtohearthathegaveawayhispotandall,onsecondthoughts;andablessedthingforye,Mis’essYeobright,consideringthewindo’nights.”

           “Gaveitaway?”

           “Yes.ToMissVye.Shehasacannibaltasteforsuchchurchyardfurnitureseemingly.”

           “MissVyewastheretoo?”

           “Ay,’ab’lieveshewas.”

           WhenClymcamehome,whichwasshortlyafter,hismothersaid,inacurioustone,“Theurnyouhadmeantformeyougaveaway.

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