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VI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete

           Thepositionhadbeensuchthatnothingmorecouldbesaidwithout,inthefirstplace,breakingdownabarrier;andthatwasnottobedone.

           NosoonerhadYeobrightgonefromhismother’shousethanherfacechangeditsrigidaspectforoneofblankdespair.Afterawhileshewept,andhertearsbroughtsomerelief.Duringtherestofthedayshedidnothingbutwalkupanddownthegardenpathinastateborderingonstupefaction.Nightcame,andwithitbutlittlerest.Thenextday,withaninstincttodosomethingwhichshouldreduceprostrationtomournfulness,shewenttoherson’sroom,andwithherownhandsarrangeditinorder,foranimaginarytimewhenheshouldreturnagain.Shegavesomeattentiontoherflowers,butitwasperfunctorilybestowed,fortheynolongercharmedher.

           Itwasagreatreliefwhen,earlyintheafternoon,Thomasinpaidheranunexpectedvisit.ThiswasnotthefirstmeetingbetweentherelativessinceThomasin’smarriage;andpastblundershavingbeeninaroughwayrectified,theycouldalwaysgreeteachotherwithpleasureandease.

           Theobliquebandofsunlightwhichfollowedherthroughthedoorbecametheyoungwifewell.Itilluminatedherasherpresenceilluminatedtheheath.Inhermovements,inhergaze,sheremindedthebeholderofthefeatheredcreatureswholivedaroundherhome.Allsimilesandallegoriesconcerningherbeganandendedwithbirds.Therewasasmuchvarietyinhermotionsasintheirflight.Whenshewasmusingshewasakestrel,whichhangsintheairbyaninvisiblemotionofitswings.

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