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IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together

           Yeobrightisbetter;butMrs.YeobrightandMr.Wildevearedeadandcold.Thedoctorsaystheywerequitegonebeforetheywereoutofthewater.”

           “Ah!IthoughtasmuchwhenIhauled’emup.AndMrs.Wildeve?”

           “Sheisaswellascanbeexpected.Thedoctorhadherputbetweenblankets,forshewasalmostaswetastheythathadbeenintheriver,pooryoungthing.Youdon’tseemverydry,reddleman.”

           “Oh,’tisnotmuch.Ihavechangedmythings.ThisisonlyalittledampnessI’vegotcomingthroughtherainagain.”

           “Standbythefire.Mis’esssaysyoubetohavewhateveryouwant,andshewassorrywhenshewastoldthatyou’dgoneaway.”

           Venndrewneartothefireplace,andlookedintotheflamesinanabsentmood.Thesteamcamefromhisleggingsandascendedthechimneywiththesmoke,whilehethoughtofthosewhowereupstairs.Twowerecorpses,onehadbarelyescapedthejawsofdeath,anotherwassickandawidow.Thelastoccasiononwhichhehadlingeredbythatfireplacewaswhentherafflewasinprogress;whenWildevewasaliveandwell;Thomasinactiveandsmilinginthenextroom;YeobrightandEustaciajustmadehusbandandwife,andMrs.YeobrightlivingatBlooms-End.Ithadseemedatthattimethatthethenpositionofaffairswasgoodforatleasttwentyyearstocome.Yet,ofallthecircle,hehimselfwastheonlyonewhosesituationhadnotmateriallychanged.

           Whileheruminatedafootstepdescendedthestairs.Itwasthenurse,whobroughtinherhandarolledmassofwetpaper.ThewomanwassoengrossedwithheroccupationthatshehardlysawVenn.

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