Возвращение на родину

IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation

           

           Heaccompaniedtheladintotheheathonhiswayhome,and,returningalonetothehouseaquarterofanhourlater,foundVennandThomasinreadytostart,alltheguestshavingdepartedinhisabsence.Theweddedpairtooktheirseatsinthefour-wheeleddogcartwhichVenn’sheadmilkerandhandymanhaddrivenfromSticklefordtofetchthemin;littleEustaciaandthenursewerepackedsecurelyupontheopenflapbehind;andthemilker,onanancientoversteppingpony,whoseshoesclashedlikecymbalsateverytread,rodeintherear,inthemannerofabody-servantofthelastcentury.

           “Nowweleaveyouinabsolutepossessionofyourownhouseagain,”saidThomasinasshebentdowntowishhercousingoodnight.“Itwillberatherlonelyforyou,Clym,afterthehubbubwehavebeenmaking.”

           “O,that’snoinconvenience,”saidClym,smilingrathersadly.Andthenthepartydroveoffandvanishedinthenightshades,andYeobrightenteredthehouse.Thetickingoftheclockwastheonlysoundthatgreetedhim,fornotasoulremained;Christian,whoactedascook,valet,andgardenertoClym,sleepingathisfather’shouse.Yeobrightsatdowninoneofthevacantchairs,andremainedinthoughtalongtime.Hismother’soldchairwasopposite;ithadbeensatinthateveningbythosewhohadscarcelyrememberedthatiteverwashers.ButtoClymshewasalmostapresencethere,nowasalways.Whatevershewasinotherpeople’smemories,inhisshewasthesublimesaintwhoseradianceevenhistendernessforEustaciacouldnotobscure.

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