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VI. The Figure against the Sky

           Thewholesecretoffollowingtheseincipientpaths,whentherewasnotlightenoughintheatmospheretoshowaturnpikeroad,layinthedevelopmentofthesenseoftouchinthefeet,whichcomeswithyearsofnight-ramblinginlittle-troddenspots.Toawalkerpractisedinsuchplacesadifferencebetweenimpactonmaidenherbage,andonthecrippledstalksofaslightfootway,isperceptiblethroughthethickestbootorshoe.

           Thesolitaryfigurewhowalkedthisbeattooknonoticeofthewindytunestillplayedonthedeadheathbells.Shedidnotturnherheadtolookatagroupofdarkcreaturesfurtheron,whofledfromherpresenceassheskirtedaravinewheretheyfed.Theywereaboutascoreofthesmallwildponiesknownasheath-croppers.TheyroamedatlargeontheundulationsofEgdon,butinnumberstoofewtodetractmuchfromthesolitude.

           Thepedestriannoticednothingjustnow,andacluetoherabstractionwasaffordedbyatrivialincident.Abramblecaughtholdofherskirt,andcheckedherprogress.Insteadofputtingitoffandhasteningalong,sheyieldedherselfuptothepull,andstoodpassivelystill.Whenshebegantoextricateherselfitwasbyturningroundandround,andsounwindingthepricklyswitch.Shewasinadespondingreverie.

           HercoursewasinthedirectionofthesmallundyingfirewhichhaddrawntheattentionofthemenonRainbarrowandofWildeveinthevalleybelow.

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