Риф, або Там, де розбивається щастя

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           Then,withthepassingofyears,ithadgraduallyacquiredalessinimicalcharacter,hadbecome,notagainacastleofdreams,evokeroffairimagesandromanticlegend,buttheshellofalifeslowlyadjustedtoitsdwelling:theplaceonecamebackto,theplacewhereonehadone’sduties,one’shabitsandone’sbooks,theplaceonewouldnaturallyliveintillonedied:adullhouse,aninconvenienthouse,ofwhichoneknewallthedefects,theshabbinesses,thediscomforts,buttowhichonewassousedthatonecouldhardly,aftersolongatime,thinkone’sselfawayfromitwithoutsufferingacertainlossofidentity.

           Now,asitlaybeforeherintheautumnmildness,itsmistresswassurprisedatherowninsensibility.Shehadbeentryingtoseethehousethroughtheeyesofanoldfriendwho,thenextmorning,wouldbedrivinguptoitforthefirsttime;andinsodoingsheseemedtobeopeningherowneyesuponitafteralongintervalofblindness.

           Thecourtwasverystill,yetfullofalatentlife:thewheelingandrustlingofpigeonsabouttherectangularyewsandacrossthesunnygravel;thesweepofrooksabovethelustrousgreyish-purpleslatesoftheroof,andthestirofthetree-topsastheymetthebreezewhicheveryday,atthathour,camepunctuallyupfromtheriver.

           JustsuchalatentanimationglowedinAnnaLeath.Ineverynerveandveinshewasconsciousofthatequipoiseofblisswhichthefearfulhumanheartscarcedaresacknowledge.Shewasnotusedtostrongorfullemotions;butshehadalwaysknownthatsheshouldnotbeafraidofthem.

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