Chapter XXIII

           AsplendidMidsummershoneoverEngland:skiessopure,sunssoradiantaswerethenseeninlongsuccession,seldomfavourevensingly,ourwave-girtland. ItwasasifabandofItaliandayshadcomefromtheSouth,likeaflockofgloriouspassengerbirds,andlightedtorestthemonthecliffsofAlbion. Thehaywasallgotin;thefieldsroundThornfieldweregreenandshorn;theroadswhiteandbaked;thetreeswereintheirdarkprime;hedgeandwood,full-leavedanddeeplytinted,contrastedwellwiththesunnyhueoftheclearedmeadowsbetween. 

           OnMidsummer-eve,Adele,wearywithgatheringwildstrawberriesinHayLanehalftheday,hadgonetobedwiththesun. Iwatchedherdropasleep,andwhenIlefther,Isoughtthegarden. 

           Itwasnowthesweetesthourofthetwenty-four: "Dayitsfervidfireshadwasted,"anddewfellcoolonpantingplainandscorchedsummit. Wherethesunhadgonedowninsimplestatepureofthepompofcloudsspreadasolemnpurple,burningwiththelightofredjewelandfurnaceflameatonepoint,ononehill-peak,andextendinghighandwide,softandstillsofter,overhalfheaven. Theeasthaditsowncharmorfinedeepblue,anditsownmodestgem,acasinoandsolitarystar:soonitwouldboastthemoon;butshewasyetbeneaththehorizon. 

           Iwalkedawhileonthepavement;butasubtle,well-knownscentthatofacigarstolefromsomewindow;Isawthelibrarycasementopenahandbreadth; IknewImightbewatchedthence;soIwentapartintotheorchard. 

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