Chapter 30

           

           Inthediminishingdaylighttheywentalongthelevelroadwaythroughthemeads,whichstretchedawayintograymiles,andwerebackedintheextremeedgeofdistancebytheswarthyandabruptslopesofEgdonHeath.Onitssummitstoodclumpsandstretchesoffir-trees,whosenotchedtipsappearedlikebattlementedtowerscrowningblack-frontedcastlesofenchantment.

           Theyweresoabsorbedinthesenseofbeingclosetoeachotherthattheydidnotbegintalkingforalongwhile,thesilencebeingbrokenonlybythecluckingofthemilkinthetallcansbehindthem.Thelanetheyfollowedwassosolitarythatthehazelnutshadremainedontheboughstilltheyslippedfromtheirshells,andtheblackberrieshunginheavyclusters.EverynowandthenAngelwouldflingthelashofhiswhiproundoneofthese,pluckitoff,andgiveittohiscompanion.

           Thedullskysoonbegantotellitsmeaningbysendingdownherald-dropsofrain,andthestagnantairofthedaychangedintoafitfulbreezewhichplayedabouttheirfaces.Thequick-silveryglazeontheriversandpoolsvanished;frombroadmirrorsoflighttheychangedtolustrelesssheetsoflead,withasurfacelikearasp.Butthatspectacledidnotaffectherpreoccupation.

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