Возвращение на родину

I. The Inevitable Movement Onward

           

           CouldThomasin’smournfulnessnowandEustacia’sserenityduringlifehavebeenreducedtocommonmeasure,theywouldhavetouchedthesamemarknearly.ButThomasin’sformerbrightnessmadeshadowofthatwhichinasombreatmospherewaslightitself.

           Thespringcameandcalmedher;thesummercameandsoothedher;theautumnarrived,andshebegantobecomforted,forherlittlegirlwasstrongandhappy,growinginsizeandknowledgeeveryday.OutwardeventsflatteredThomasinnotalittle.Wildevehaddiedintestate,andsheandthechildwerehisonlyrelatives.Whenadministrationhadbeengranted,allthedebtspaid,andtheresidueofherhusband’suncle’spropertyhadcomeintoherhands,itwasfoundthatthesumwaitingtobeinvestedforherownandthechild’sbenefitwaslittlelessthantenthousandpounds.

           Whereshouldshelive?TheobviousplacewasBlooms-End.Theoldrooms,itistrue,werenotmuchhigherthanthebetween-decksofafrigate,necessitatingasinkinginthefloorunderthenewclock-caseshebroughtfromtheinn,andtheremovalofthehandsomebrassknobsonitshead,beforetherewasheightforittostand;but,suchastheroomswere,therewereplentyofthem,andtheplacewasendearedtoherbyeveryearlyrecollection.Clymverygladlyadmittedherasatenant,confininghisownexistencetotworoomsatthetopofthebackstaircase,wherehelivedonquietly,shutofffromThomasinandthethreeservantsshehadthoughtfittoindulgeinnowthatshewasamistressofmoney,goinghisownways,andthinkinghisownthoughts.

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