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IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together

           AndthoughhemeanttoadheretoEustacia’sinstructionstotheletter,todepositherwhereshewishedandtoleaveher,shouldthatbeherwill,thespellthatshehadcastoverhimintensified,andhisheartwasbeatingfastintheanticipatedfutilityofsuchcommandsinthefaceofamutualwishthattheyshouldthrowintheirlottogether.

           Hewouldnotallowhimselftodwelllongupontheseconjectures,maxims,andhopes,andattwentyminutestotwelveheagainwentsoftlytothestable,harnessedthehorse,andlitthelamps;whence,takingthehorsebythehead,heledhimwiththecoveredcaroutoftheyardtoaspotbytheroadsidesomequarterofamilebelowtheinn.

           HereWildevewaited,slightlyshelteredfromthedrivingrainbyahighbankthathadbeencastupatthisplace.Alongthesurfaceoftheroadwherelitbythelampstheloosenedgravelandsmallstonesscuddedandclickedtogetherbeforethewind,which,leavingtheminheaps,plungedintotheheathandboomedacrossthebushesintodarkness.Onlyonesoundroseabovethisdinofweather,andthatwastheroaringofaten-hatchweirtothesouthward,fromariverinthemeadswhichformedtheboundaryoftheheathinthisdirection.

           Helingeredoninperfectstillnesstillhebegantofancythatthemidnighthourmusthavestruck.AverystrongdoubthadariseninhismindifEustaciawouldventuredownthehillinsuchweather;yetknowinghernaturehefeltthatshemight.“Poorthing!’tislikeherill-luck,”hemurmured.

           Atlengthheturnedtothelampandlookedathiswatch.Tohissurpriseitwasnearlyaquarterpastmidnight.

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