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I. The Inevitable Movement Onward

           Indeed,theimpulsesofallsuchoutlandishhamletsarepaganstill—inthesespotshomagetonature,self-adoration,franticgaieties,fragmentsofTeutonicritestodivinitieswhosenamesareforgotten,seeminsomewayorothertohavesurvivedmediaevaldoctrine.

           Yeobrightdidnotinterruptthepreparations,andwenthomeagain.Thenextmorning,whenThomasinwithdrewthecurtainsofherbedroomwindow,therestoodtheMaypoleinthemiddleofthegreen,itstopcuttingintothesky.Ithadsprungupinthenight,orratherearlymorning,likeJack’sbean-stalk.Sheopenedthecasementtogetabetterviewofthegarlandsandposiesthatadornedit.Thesweetperfumeoftheflowershadalreadyspreadintothesurroundingair,which,beingfreefromeverytaint,conductedtoherlipsafullmeasureofthefragrancereceivedfromthespireofblossominitsmidst.Atthetopofthepolewerecrossedhoopsdeckedwithsmallflowers;beneaththesecameamilk-whitezoneofMaybloom;thenazoneofbluebells,thenofcowslips,thenoflilacs,thenofragged-robins,daffodils,andsoon,tilltheloweststagewasreached.Thomasinnoticedallthese,andwasdelightedthattheMayrevelwastobesonear.

           Whenafternooncamepeoplebegantogatheronthegreen,andYeobrightwasinterestedenoughtolookoutuponthemfromtheopenwindowofhisroom.SoonafterthisThomasinwalkedoutfromthedoorimmediatelybelowandturnedhereyesuptohercousin’sface.

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