The Starlight

           

           TheSundaywasabrightSundayinautumn,clearandcool,whenearlyinthemorningSissyandRachaelmet,towalkinthecountry.

           AsCoketowncastashesnotonlyonitsownheadbutontheneighbourhood’stooafterthemannerofthosepiouspersonswhodopenancefortheirownsinsbyputtingotherpeopleintosackclothitwascustomaryforthosewhonowandthenthirstedforadraughtofpureair,whichisnotabsolutelythemostwickedamongthevanitiesoflife,togetafewmilesawaybytherailroad,andthenbegintheirwalk,ortheirloungeinthefields.SissyandRachaelhelpedthemselvesoutofthesmokebytheusualmeans,andwereputdownatastationaboutmidwaybetweenthetownandMr.Bounderby’sretreat.

           Thoughthegreenlandscapewasblottedhereandtherewithheapsofcoal,itwasgreenelsewhere,andthereweretreestosee,andtherewerelarkssinging(thoughitwasSunday),andtherewerepleasantscentsintheair,andallwasover-archedbyabrightbluesky.Inthedistanceoneway,Coketownshowedasablackmist;inanotherdistancehillsbegantorise;inathird,therewasafaintchangeinthelightofthehorizonwhereitshoneuponthefar-offsea.Undertheirfeet,thegrasswasfresh;beautifulshadowsofbranchesflickereduponit,andspeckledit;hedgerowswereluxuriant;everythingwasatpeace.

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