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IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together

           HenowwishedthathehaddrivenupthecircuitousroadtoMistover,aplannotadoptedbecauseoftheenormouslengthoftherouteinproportiontothatofthepedestrian’spathdowntheopenhillside,andtheconsequentincreaseoflabourforthehorse.

           Atthismomentafootstepapproached;butthelightofthelampsbeinginadifferentdirectionthecomerwasnotvisible.Thesteppaused,thencameonagain.

           “Eustacia?”saidWildeve.

           Thepersoncameforward,andthelightfellupontheformofClym,glisteningwithwet,whomWildeveimmediatelyrecognized;butWildeve,whostoodbehindthelamp,wasnotatoncerecognizedbyYeobright.

           Hestoppedasifindoubtwhetherthiswaitingvehiclecouldhaveanythingtodowiththeflightofhiswifeornot.ThesightofYeobrightatoncebanishedWildeve’ssoberfeelings,whosawhimagainasthedeadlyrivalfromwhomEustaciawastobekeptatallhazards.HenceWildevedidnotspeak,inthehopethatClymwouldpassbywithoutparticularinquiry.

           Whiletheybothhungthusinhesitationadullsoundbecameaudibleabovethestormandwind.Itsoriginwasunmistakable—itwasthefallofabodyintothestreamintheadjoiningmead,apparentlyatapointneartheweir.

           Bothstarted.“GoodGod!canitbeshe?”saidClym.

           “Whyshoulditbeshe?”saidWildeve,inhisalarmforgettingthathehadhithertoscreenedhimself.

           “Ah!—that’syou,youtraitor,isit?”criedYeobright.“Whyshoulditbeshe?Becauselastweekshewouldhaveputanendtoherlifeifshehadbeenable.Sheoughttohavebeenwatched!Takeoneofthelampsandcomewithme.

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