VI. The Figure against the Sky

           

           WhenthewholeEgdonconcoursehadleftthesiteofthebonfiretoitsaccustomedloneliness,acloselywrappedfemalefigureapproachedthebarrowfromthatquarteroftheheathinwhichthelittlefirelay.Hadthereddlemanbeenwatchinghemighthaverecognizedherasthewomanwhohadfirststoodtheresosingularly,andvanishedattheapproachofstrangers.Sheascendedtoheroldpositionatthetop,wheretheredcoalsoftheperishingfiregreetedherlikelivingeyesinthecorpseofday.Thereshestoodstillaroundherstretchingthevastnightatmosphere,whoseincompletedarknessincomparisonwiththetotaldarknessoftheheathbelowitmighthaverepresentedavenialbesideamortalsin.

           Thatshewastallandstraightinbuild,thatshewaslady-likeinhermovements,wasallthatcouldbelearntofherjustnow,herformbeingwrappedinashawlfoldedintheoldcornerwisefashion,andherheadinalargekerchief,aprotectionnotsuperfluousatthishourandplace.Herbackwastowardsthewind,whichblewfromthenorthwest;butwhethershehadavoidedthataspectbecauseofthechillygustswhichplayedaboutherexceptionalposition,orbecauseherinterestlayinthesoutheast,didnotatfirstappear.

           Herreasonforstandingsodeadstillasthepivotofthiscircleofheath-countrywasjustasobscure.Herextraordinaryfixity,herconspicuousloneliness,herheedlessnessofnight,betokenedamongotherthingsanutterabsenceoffear.

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