Риф, або Там, де розбивається щастя

IV

           Hewasstruckafresh,ashelistened,bythewayinwhichhernaturalnesseasedthesituationofconstraint,leavingtoitonlyapleasantsavourofgoodfellowship.Itwasthekindofepisodethatonemight,inadvance,havecharacterizedas“awkward”,yetthatwasproving,intheevent,asmuchoutsidesuchdefinitionsasasunrisestrollwithadryadinadew-drenchedforest;andDarrowreflectedthatmankindwouldneverhaveneededtoinventtactifithadnotfirstinventedsocialcomplications.

           Ithadbeenunderstood,withhisgood-nighttoMissViner,thatthenextmorninghewastolookuptheJoignytrains,andseehersafelytothestation;but,whilehebreakfastedandwaitedforatime-table,herecalledagainhercryofjoyattheprospectofseeingCerdine.Itwascertainlyapity,sincethatmostelusiveandincalculableofartistswasleavingthenextweekforSouthAmerica,tomisswhatmightbealastsightofherinhergreatestpart;andDarrow,havingdressedandmadetherequisiteexcerptsfromthetime-table,decidedtocarrytheresultofhisdeliberationstohisneighbour’sdoor.

           Itinstantlyopenedathisknock,andshecameforthlookingasifshehadbeenplungedintosomesparklingelementwhichhadcurledupallherdroopingtendrilsandwrappedherinashimmeroffreshleaves.

           “Well,whatdoyouthinkofme?”shecried;andwithahandatherwaistshespunaboutasiftoshowoffsomemiracleofParisiandress-making.

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