Chapter 39

           

           ItwasthreeweeksafterthemarriagethatClarefoundhimselfdescendingthehillwhichledtothewell-knownparsonageofhisfather.Withhisdownwardcoursethetowerofthechurchroseintotheeveningskyinamannerofinquiryastowhyhehadcome;andnolivingpersoninthetwilightedtownseemedtonoticehim,stilllesstoexpecthim.Hewasarrivinglikeaghost,andthesoundofhisownfootstepswasalmostanencumbrancetobegotridof.

           Thepictureoflifehadchangedforhim.Beforethistimehehadknownitbutspeculatively;nowhethoughtheknewitasapracticalman;thoughperhapshedidnot,evenyet.NeverthelesshumanitystoodbeforehimnolongerinthepensivesweetnessofItalianart,butinthestaringandghastlyattitudesofaWiertzMuseum,andwiththeleerofastudybyVanBeers.

           Hisconductduringthesefirstweekshadbeendesultorybeyonddescription.Aftermechanicallyattemptingtopursuehisagriculturalplansasthoughnothingunusualhadhappened,inthemannerrecommendedbythegreatandwisemenofallages,heconcludedthatveryfewofthosegreatandwisemenhadevergonesofaroutsidethemselvesastotestthefeasibilityoftheircounsel.“Thisisthechiefthing:benotperturbed,”saidthePaganmoralist.ThatwasjustClare’sownopinion.Buthewasperturbed.“Letnotyourheartbetroubled,neitherletitbeafraid,”saidtheNazarene.Clarechimedincordially;buthisheartwastroubledallthesame.

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