VIII. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil

           

           InthemeantimeEustacia,leftaloneinhercottageatAlderworth,hadbecomeconsiderablydepressedbythepostureofaffairs.TheconsequenceswhichmightresultfromClym’sdiscoverythathismotherhadbeenturnedfromhisdoorthatdaywerelikelytobedisagreeable,andthiswasaqualityineventswhichshehatedasmuchasthedreadful.

           Tobelefttopasstheeveningbyherselfwasirksometoheratanytime,andthiseveningitwasmoreirksomethanusualbyreasonoftheexcitementsofthepasthours.Thetwovisitshadstirredherintorestlessness.ShewasnotwroughttoanygreatpitchofuneasinessbytheprobabilityofappearinginanilllightinthediscussionbetweenClymandhismother,butshewaswroughttovexation,andherslumberingactivitieswerequickenedtotheextentofwishingthatshehadopenedthedoor.ShehadcertainlybelievedthatClymwasawake,andtheexcusewouldbeanhonestoneasfarasitwent;butnothingcouldsaveherfromcensureinrefusingtoansweratthefirstknock.Yet,insteadofblamingherselffortheissueshelaidthefaultupontheshouldersofsomeindistinct,colossalPrinceoftheWorld,whohadframedhersituationandruledherlot.

           Atthistimeoftheyearitwaspleasantertowalkbynightthanbyday,andwhenClymhadbeenabsentaboutanhourshesuddenlyresolvedtogooutinthedirectionofBlooms-End,onthechanceofmeetinghimonhisreturn.Whenshereachedthegardengatesheheardwheelsapproaching,andlookingroundbeheldhergrandfathercomingupinhiscar.

           “Ican’tstayaminute,thankye,”heansweredtohergreeting.

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