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VI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete

           Eachstemwaswrenchedattheroot,whereitmovedlikeaboneinitssocket,andateveryonsetofthegaleconvulsivesoundscamefromthebranches,asifpainwerefelt.Inaneighbouringbrakeafinchwastryingtosing;butthewindblewunderhisfeatherstilltheystoodonend,twistedroundhislittletail,andmadehimgiveuphissong.

           YetafewyardstoYeobright’sleft,ontheopenheath,howineffectivelygnashedthestorm!Thosegustswhichtorethetreesmerelywavedthefurzeandheatherinalightcaress.Egdonwasmadeforsuchtimesasthese.

           Yeobrightreachedtheemptyhouseaboutmidday.ItwasalmostaslonelyasthatofEustacia’sgrandfather,butthefactthatitstoodnearaheathwasdisguisedbyabeltoffirswhichalmostenclosedthepremises.Hejourneyedonaboutamilefurthertothevillageinwhichtheownerlived,and,returningwithhimtothehouse,arrangementswerecompleted,andthemanundertookthatoneroomatleastshouldbereadyforoccupationthenextday.Clym’sintentionwastolivetherealoneuntilEustaciashouldjoinhimontheirwedding-day.

           Thenheturnedtopursuehiswayhomewardthroughthedrizzlethathadsogreatlytransformedthescene.Theferns,amongwhichhehadlainincomfortyesterday,weredrippingmoisturefromeveryfrond,wettinghislegsthroughashebrushedpast;andthefuroftherabbitsleapingbeforehimwasclottedintodarklocksbythesamewaterysurrounding.

           Hereachedhomedampandwearyenoughafterhisten-milewalk.Ithadhardlybeenapropitiousbeginning,buthehadchosenhiscourse,andwouldshownoswerving.

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