Book Six — Aftercourses

I. The Inevitable Movement Onward

           

           ThestoryofthedeathsofEustaciaandWildevewastoldthroughoutEgdon,andfarbeyond,formanyweeksandmonths.Alltheknownincidentsoftheirlovewereenlarged,distorted,touchedup,andmodified,tilltheoriginalrealityborebutaslightresemblancetothecounterfeitpresentationbysurroundingtongues.Yet,uponthewhole,neitherthemannorthewomanlostdignitybysuddendeath.Misfortunehadstruckthemgracefully,cuttingofftheirerratichistorieswithacatastrophicdash,insteadof,aswithmany,attenuatingeachlifetoanuninterestingmeagreness,throughlongyearsofwrinkles,neglect,anddecay.

           Onthosemostnearlyconcernedtheeffectwassomewhatdifferent.Strangerswhohadheardofmanysuchcasesnowmerelyheardofonemore;butimmediatelywhereablowfallsnopreviousimaginingsamounttoappreciablepreparationforit.Theverysuddennessofherbereavementdulled,tosomeextent,Thomasin’sfeelings;yetirrationallyenough,aconsciousnessthatthehusbandshehadlostoughttohavebeenabettermandidnotlessenhermourningatall.Onthecontrary,thisfactseemedatfirsttosetoffthedeadhusbandinhisyoungwife’seyes,andtobethenecessarycloudtotherainbow.

           Butthehorrorsoftheunknownhadpassed.Vaguemisgivingsaboutherfutureasadesertedwifewereatanend.Theworsthadoncebeenmatteroftremblingconjecture;itwasnowmatterofreasononly,alimitedbadness.Herchiefinterest,thelittleEustacia,stillremained.Therewashumilityinhergrief,nodefianceinherattitude;andwhenthisisthecaseashakenspiritisapttobestilled.

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