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VIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody

           

           Whentheboyhadreascendedtothetopofthevalleyhefoundthefiretobestillburningonthebank,thoughlowerthanbefore.Besideit,insteadofEustacia’ssolitaryform,hesawtwopersons,thesecondbeingaman.TheboycreptalongunderthebanktoascertainfromthenatureoftheproceedingsifitwouldbeprudenttointerruptsosplendidacreatureasMissEustaciaonhispoortrivialaccount.

           Afterlisteningunderthebankforsomeminutestothetalkheturnedinaperplexedanddoubtingmannerandbegantowithdrawassilentlyashehadcome.Thathedidnot,uponthewhole,thinkitadvisabletointerruptherconversationwithWildeve,withoutbeingpreparedtobearthewholeweightofherdispleasure,wasobvious.

           HerewasaScyllaeo-Charybdeanpositionforapoorboy.Pausingwhenagainsafefromdiscovery,hefinallydecidedtofacethepitphenomenonasthelesserevil.Withaheavysighheretracedtheslope,andfollowedthepathhehadfollowedbefore.

           Thelighthadgone,therisingdusthaddisappeared—hehopedforever.Hemarchedresolutelyalong,andfoundnothingtoalarmhimtill,comingwithinafewyardsofthesandpit,heheardaslightnoiseinfront,whichledhimtohalt.Thehaltwasbutmomentary,forthenoiseresolveditselfintothesteadybitesoftwoanimalsgrazing.

           “Twohe’th-croppersdownhere,”hesaidaloud.“Ihaveneverknown’emcomedownsofarafore.”

           Theanimalswereinthedirectlineofhispath,butthatthechildthoughtlittleof;hehadplayedroundthefetlocksofhorsesfromhisinfancy.

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