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IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together

           

           Yeobrightseizedtheoneonhissideandhastenedon;Wildevedidnotwaittounfastentheother,butfollowedatoncealongthemeadowtracktotheweir,alittleintherearofClym.

           ShadwaterWeirhadatitsfootalargecircularpool,fiftyfeetindiameter,intowhichthewaterflowedthroughtenhugehatches,raisedandloweredbyawinchandcogsintheordinarymanner.Thesidesofthepoolwereofmasonry,topreventthewaterfromwashingawaythebank;buttheforceofthestreaminwinterwassometimessuchastounderminetheretainingwallandprecipitateitintothehole.Clymreachedthehatches,theframeworkofwhichwasshakentoitsfoundationsbythevelocityofthecurrent.Nothingbutthefrothofthewavescouldbediscernedinthepoolbelow.Hegotupontheplankbridgeovertherace,andholdingtotherail,thatthewindmightnotblowhimoff,crossedtotheothersideoftheriver.Thereheleantoverthewallandloweredthelamp,onlytobeholdthevortexformedatthecurlofthereturningcurrent.

           Wildevemeanwhilehadarrivedontheformerside,andthelightfromYeobright’slampshedafleckedandagitatedradianceacrosstheweirpool,revealingtotheex-engineerthetumblingcoursesofthecurrentsfromthehatchesabove.Acrossthisgashedandpuckeredmirroradarkbodywasslowlybornebyoneofthebackwardcurrents.

           “O,mydarling!”exclaimedWildeveinanagonizedvoice;and,withoutshowingsufficientpresenceofmindeventothrowoffhisgreatcoat,heleapedintotheboilingcaldron.

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