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V. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated

           Ateveryvacantminutehehastenedtogatherfurze-stumps,thorn-treeroots,andothersolidmaterialsfromtheadjacentslopes,hidingthemfromcursoryview.

           Theeveningcame,andEustaciawasstillseeminglyunconsciousoftheanniversary.Shehadgoneindoorsafterhersurveythroughtheglass,andhadnotbeenvisiblesince.AssoonasitwasquitedarkCharleybegantobuildthebonfire,choosingpreciselythatspotonthebankwhichEustaciahadchosenatprevioustimes.

           WhenallthesurroundingbonfireshadburstintoexistenceCharleykindledhis,andarrangeditsfuelsothatitshouldnotrequiretendingforsometime.Hethenwentbacktothehouse,andlingeredroundthedoorandwindowstillsheshouldbysomemeansorotherlearnofhisachievementandcomeouttowitnessit.Buttheshutterswereclosed,thedoorremainedshut,andnoheedwhateverseemedtobetakenofhisperformance.Notlikingtocallherhewentbackandreplenishedthefire,continuingtodothisformorethanhalfanhour.ItwasnottillhisstockoffuelhadgreatlydiminishedthathewenttothebackdoorandsentintobegthatMrs.Yeobrightwouldopenthewindow-shuttersandseethesightoutside.

           Eustacia,whohadbeensittinglistlesslyintheparlour,startedupattheintelligenceandflungopentheshutters.Facingheronthebankblazedthefire,whichatoncesentaruddyglareintotheroomwhereshewas,andoverpoweredthecandles.

           “Welldone,Charley!”saidCaptainVyefromthechimney-corner.“ButIhopeitisnotmywoodthathe’sburning....

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