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IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation

           

           Eveningdrewon,andsoundsoflifeandmovementinthelowerpartofthedomicilebecamemorepronounced,thegateinthepalingsclickingincessantly.Thepartywastobeanearlyone,andalltheguestswereassembledlongbeforeitwasdark.Yeobrightwentdownthebackstaircaseandintotheheathbyanotherpaththanthatinfront,intendingtowalkintheopenairtillthepartywasover,whenhewouldreturntowishThomasinandherhusbandgood-byeastheydeparted.HisstepswereinsensiblybenttowardsMistoverbythepaththathehadfollowedonthatterriblemorningwhenhelearntthestrangenewsfromSusan’sboy.

           Hedidnotturnasidetothecottage,butpushedontoaneminence,whencehecouldseeoverthewholequarterthathadoncebeenEustacia’shome.Whilehestoodobservingthedarkeningscenesomebodycameup.Clym,seeinghimbutdimly,wouldhavelethimpasssilently,hadnotthepedestrian,whowasCharley,recognizedtheyoungmanandspokentohim.

           “Charley,Ihavenotseenyouforalengthoftime,”saidYeobright.“Doyouoftenwalkthisway?”

           “No,”theladreplied.“Idon’toftencomeoutsidethebank.”

           “YouwerenotattheMaypole.”

           “No,”saidCharley,inthesamelistlesstone.“Idon’tcareforthatsortofthingnow.”

           “YouratherlikedMissEustacia,didn’tyou?”Yeobrightgentlyasked.EustaciahadfrequentlytoldhimofCharley’sromanticattachment.

           “Yes,verymuch.Ah,Iwish—”

           “Yes?”

           “Iwish,Mr.Yeobright,youcouldgivemesomethingtokeepthatoncebelongedtoher—ifyoudon’tmind.”

           “Ishallbeveryhappyto.

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