III. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning

           

           AconsciousnessofavastimpassivityinallwhichlayaroundhimtookpossessionevenofYeobrightinhiswildwalktowardsAlderworth.Hehadoncebeforefeltinhisownpersonthisoverpoweringofthefervidbytheinanimate;butthenithadtendedtoenervateapassionfarsweeterthanthatwhichatpresentpervadedhim.ItwasoncewhenhestoodpartingfromEustaciainthemoiststilllevelsbeyondthehills.

           Butdismissingallthishewentonwardhome,andcametothefrontofhishouse.TheblindsofEustacia’sbedroomwerestillcloselydrawn,forshewasnoearlyriser.Allthelifevisiblewasintheshapeofasolitarythrushcrackingasmallsnailuponthedoor-stoneforhisbreakfast,andhistappingseemedaloudnoiseinthegeneralsilencewhichprevailed;butongoingtothedoorClymfounditunfastened,theyounggirlwhoattendeduponEustaciabeingastirinthebackpartofthepremises.Yeobrightenteredandwentstraighttohiswife’sroom.

           Thenoiseofhisarrivalmusthavearousedher,forwhenheopenedthedoorshewasstandingbeforethelookingglassinhernightdress,theendsofherhairgatheredintoonehand,withwhichshewascoilingthewholemassroundherhead,previoustobeginningtoiletteoperations.Shewasnotawomangiventospeakingfirstatameeting,andsheallowedClymtowalkacrossinsilence,withoutturningherhead.Hecamebehindher,andshesawhisfaceintheglass.Itwasashy,haggard,andterrible.

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