Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

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           ButherobserverwaslessstruckbythisthanbythecorrespondingchangeinOwenLeath.Thelatter,whenhecameinsight,hadbeenlaughingandtalkingunconcernedlywithEffie;butashiseyefellonMissVinerhisexpressionalteredassuddenlyashers.

           Thechange,forDarrow,waslessdefinable;but,perhapsforthatreason,itstruckhimasmoresharplysignificant.Only—justwhatdiditsignify?Owen,likeSophyViner,hadthekindoffacewhichseemslessthestageonwhichemotionsmovethantheverystufftheyworkin.Inmomentsofexcitementhisoddirregularfeaturesseemedtogrowfluid,tounmakeandremakethemselvesliketheshadowsofcloudsonastream.Darrow,throughtherapidflightoftheshadows,couldnotseizeonanyspecificindicationoffeeling:hemerelyperceivedthattheyoungmanwasunaccountablysurprisedatfindinghimwithMissViner,andthattheextentofhissurprisemightcoverallmannerofimplications.

           Darrow’sfirstideawasthatOwen,ifhesuspectedthattheconversationwasnottheresultofanaccidentalencounter,mightwonderathisstep-mother’ssuitorbeingengaged,atsuchanhour,inprivatetalkwithherlittlegirl’sgoverness.Thethoughtwassodisturbingthat,asthethreeturnedbacktothehouse,hewasonthepointofsayingtoOwen:“Icameouttolookforyourmother.”But,inthecontingencyhefeared,evensosimpleaphrasemightseemlikeanawkwardattemptatexplanation;andhewalkedoninsilenceatMissViner’sside

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