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VI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian

           

           Beforequiteleavingherhethrewuponherfaceawistfulglance,asifhehadmisgivingsonthegenerosityofforsakingherthus.Hegazedintoherfaceinavague,wonderingmanner,likethatofoneexaminingsomestrangeoldmanuscriptthekeytowhosecharactersisundiscoverable.Hewasnotsoyoungastobeabsolutelywithoutasensethatsympathywasdemanded,hewasnotoldenoughtobefreefromtheterrorfeltinchildhoodatbeholdingmiseryinadultquartershither-todeemedimpregnable;andwhethershewereinapositiontocausetroubleortosufferfromit,whethersheandherafflictionweresomethingtopityorsomethingtofear,itwasbeyondhimtodecide.Heloweredhiseyesandwentonwithoutanotherword.Beforehehadgonehalfamilehehadforgottenallabouther,exceptthatshewasawomanwhohadsatdowntorest.

           Mrs.Yeobright’sexertions,physicalandemotional,hadwell-nighprostratedher;butshecontinuedtocreepalonginshortstageswithlongbreaksbetween.Thesunhadnowgotfartothewestofsouthandstooddirectlyinherface,likesomemercilessincendiary,brandinhand,waitingtoconsumeher.Withthedepartureoftheboyallvisibleanimationdisappearedfromthelandscape,thoughtheintermittenthuskynotesofthemalegrasshoppersfromeverytuftoffurzewereenoughtoshowthatamidtheprostrationofthelargeranimalspeciesanunseeninsectworldwasbusyinallthefullnessoflife

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