Возвращение на родину

V. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated

           Shelookedagainandagain,andrecognizedittobeherown.IntheeveninghergrandfathercameindoorswitharumourthatYeobrighthadremovedthatdayfromAlderworthtotheoldhouseatBlooms-End.

           Onanotheroccasionwhenreconnoitringthusshebeheldtwofemalefigureswalkinginthevale.Thedaywasfineandclear;andthepersonsnotbeingmorethanhalfamileoffshecouldseetheireverydetailwiththetelescope.Thewomanwalkinginfrontcarriedawhitebundleinherarms,fromoneendofwhichhungalongappendageofdrapery;andwhenthewalkersturned,sothatthesunfellmoredirectlyuponthem,Eustaciacouldseethattheobjectwasababy.ShecalledCharley,andaskedhimifheknewwhotheywere,thoughshewellguessed.

           “Mrs.Wildeveandthenurse-girl,”saidCharley.

           “Thenurseiscarryingthebaby?”saidEustacia.

           “No,’tisMrs.Wildevecarryingthat,”heanswered,“andthenursewalksbehindcarryingnothing.”

           Theladwasingoodspiritsthatday,fortheFifthofNovemberhadagaincomeround,andhewasplanningyetanotherschemetodivertherfromhertooabsorbingthoughts.Fortwosuccessiveyearshismistresshadseemedtotakepleasureinlightingabonfireonthebankoverlookingthevalley;butthisyearshehadapparentlyquiteforgottenthedayandthecustomarydeed.Hewascarefulnottoremindher,andwentonwithhissecretpreparationsforacheerfulsurprise,themorezealouslythathehadbeenabsentlasttimeandunabletoassist.

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