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LVI. Beauty in Loneliness—After All

           Shenoticedthatinsteadofenteringthesmallparlourorofficewherethefarmaccountswerekept,andwaiting,orleavingamemorandumashehadhithertodoneduringherseclusion,Oaknevercameatallwhenshewaslikelytobethere,onlyenteringatunseasonablehourswhenherpresenceinthatpartofthehousewasleasttobeexpected.Wheneverhewanteddirectionshesentamessage,ornotewithneitherheadingnorsignature,towhichshewasobligedtoreplyinthesameoffhandstyle.PoorBathshebabegantosuffernowfromthemosttorturingstingofallasensationthatshewasdespised.

           Theautumnworeawaygloomilyenoughamidthesemelancholyconjectures,andChristmas-daycame,completingayearofherlegalwidowhood,andtwoyearsandaquarterofherlifealone.OnexaminingherheartitappearedbeyondmeasurestrangethatthesubjectofwhichtheseasonmighthavebeensupposedsuggestivetheeventinthehallatBoldwood’swasnotagitatingheratall;butinstead,anagonizingconvictionthateverybodyabjuredherforwhatshecouldnottellandthatOakwastheringleaderoftherecusants.ComingoutofchurchthatdayshelookedroundinhopethatOak,whosebassvoiceshehadheardrollingoutfromthegalleryoverheadinamostunconcernedmanner,mightchancetolingerinherpathintheoldway.Therehewas,asusual,comingdownthepathbehindher.ButonseeingBathshebaturn,helookedaside,andassoonashegotbeyondthegate,andtherewasthebarestexcuseforadivergence,hemadeone,andvanished.

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