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II. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding

           TherewashousedinhismemoryavividpictureofthefaceofalittleboyasheenteredthehovelwhereClym’smotherlay.Theroundeyes,eagergaze,thepipingvoicewhichenunciatedthewords,hadoperatedlikestilettosonhisbrain.

           Avisittotheboysuggesteditselfasameansofgleaningnewparticulars;thoughitmightbequiteunproductive.Toprobeachild’smindafterthelapseofsixweeks,notforfactswhichthechildhadseenandunderstood,buttogetatthosewhichwereintheirnaturebeyondhim,didnotpromisemuch;yetwheneveryobviouschannelisblockedwegropetowardsthesmallandobscure.Therewasnothingelselefttodo;afterthathewouldallowtheenigmatodropintotheabyssofundiscoverablethings.

           Itwasaboutdaybreakwhenhehadreachedthisdecision,andheatoncearose.Helockedupthehouseandwentoutintothegreenpatchwhichmergedinheatherfurtheron.Infrontofthewhitegarden-palingsthepathbranchedintothreelikeabroadarrow.TheroadtotherightledtotheQuietWomananditsneighbourhood;themiddletrackledtoMistoverKnap;theleft-handtrackledoverthehilltoanotherpartofMistover,wherethechildlived.OnincliningintothelatterpathYeobrightfeltacreepingchilliness,familiarenoughtomostpeople,andprobablycausedbytheunsunnedmorningair.Inafterdayshethoughtofitasathingofsingularsignificance.

           WhenYeobrightreachedthecottageofSusanNunsuch,themotheroftheboyhesought,hefoundthattheinmateswerenotyetastir.Butinuplandhamletsthetransitionfroma-bedtoabroadissurprisinglyswiftandeasy.

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