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III. The Custom of the Country

           Theexplanationlayinthefactthatthoughherhusbandhadbeenasmallfarmersheherselfwasacurate’sdaughter,whohadoncedreamtofdoingbetterthings.

           Personswithanyweightofcharactercarry,likeplanets,theiratmospheresalongwiththemintheirorbits;andthematronwhoenterednowuponthescenecould,andusuallydid,bringherowntoneintoacompany.Hernormalmanneramongtheheathfolkhadthatreticencewhichresultsfromtheconsciousnessofsuperiorcommunicativepower.Buttheeffectofcomingintosocietyandlightafterlonelywanderingindarknessisasociabilityinthecomeraboveitsusualpitch,expressedinthefeaturesevenmorethaninwords.

           “Why,’tisMis’essYeobright,”saidFairway.“Mis’essYeobright,nottenminutesagoamanwashereaskingforyou—areddleman.”

           “Whatdidhewant?”saidshe.

           “Hedidn’ttellus.”

           “Somethingtosell,Isuppose;whatitcanbeIamatalosstounderstand.”

           “IamgladtohearthatyoursonMr.ClymiscominghomeatChristmas,ma’am,”saidSam,theturf-cutter.“Whatadogheusedtobeforbonfires!”

           “Yes.Ibelieveheiscoming,”shesaid.

           “Hemustbeafinefellowbythistime,”saidFairway.

           “Heisamannow,”sherepliedquietly.

           “’Tisverylonesomefor’eeinthehethtonight,mis’ess,”saidChristian,comingfromtheseclusionhehadhithertomaintained.“Mindyoudon’tgetlost.EgdonHethisabadplacetogetlostin,andthewindsdohufflequeerertonightthaneverIheard’emafore.ThemthatknowEgdonbesthavebeenpixy-ledhereattimes.

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