Chapter 14

           

           ItwasahazysunriseinAugust.Thedensernocturnalvapours,attackedbythewarmbeams,weredividingandshrinkingintoisolatedfleeceswithinhollowsandcoverts,wheretheywaitedtilltheyshouldbedriedawaytonothing.

           Thesun,onaccountofthemist,hadacurioussentient,personallook,demandingthemasculinepronounforitsadequateexpression.Hispresentaspect,coupledwiththelackofallhumanformsinthescene,explainedtheold-timeheliolatriesinamoment.Onecouldfeelthatasanerreligionhadneverprevailedunderthesky.Theluminarywasagolden-haired,beaming,mild-eyed,God-likecreature,gazingdowninthevigourandintentnessofyouthuponanearththatwasbrimmingwithinterestforhim.

           Hislight,alittlelater,brokethoughchinksofcottageshutters,throwingstripeslikered-hotpokersuponcupboards,chestsofdrawers,andotherfurniturewithin;andawakeningharvesterswhowerenotalreadyastir.

           Butofallruddythingsthatmorningthebrightestweretwobroadarmsofpaintedwood,whichrosefromthemarginofyellowcornfieldhardbyMarlottvillage.They,withtwoothersbelow,formedtherevolvingMaltesecrossofthereaping-machine,whichhadbeenbroughttothefieldonthepreviouseveningtobereadyforoperationsthisday.Thepaintwithwhichtheyweresmeared,intensifiedinhuebythesunlight,impartedtothemalookofhavingbeendippedinliquidfire.

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