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nhttopressherfurther.hisleduponthe
ideaoflifeinauntryttage.nceivably,forheuld
notexaoitnoendouspossibility;
asolutionofnyproble.hestruckhisstickupon
theearth,andstaredthroughtheduskattheshapeof
theuntry.
“dyouknopass”heasked.
“efor
aexactlyhe
northlay,ah.
“itsnativeland,this,”shesaid.“iuldsll
itblindfold.”
asiftoprovethisboast,shetlequicker,so
thatralphfounditdifficulttokeeppacehher.atthe
sati,hefeltdraoherashehadneverbeen
before;partly,nodoubt,becausesheoreindepe
ofhihaninlondon,aobeattached
firytoaall.nohe
duskhadfallentosuextentthathehadtofollow
herilicitly,andevenleanhishandonhershoulder
pedabankintoaverynarrowlane.andhe
feltcuriouslyshyofheroshoutthrough
herhandsataspotoflightist
inaneighbfield.heshouted,too,andthelight
stoodstill.
“thatschristopher,einalready,andgoofeed
hischis,”shesaid.
sheintroducedhioralph,all
figureingaiters,risingfroflutteringcircleofsoftfeathery
bodies,uponthelightfellins,
callingoutnospotofyellow,nowoneofgreenish
bladscarlet.rydippedherhandinthebucket
hecarried,andoheterofacirclealso;and
asshecasthergraialkedalteatelytothebirds
andtoherbrother,inthesaclug,halfinarticulate
voice,asitsouoralph,standingoskirtsof
theflutterihersinhisblackoverat.
hehadrevedhisoveratbythetitheysatround
thediable,buthelesshelookedverystrange
ahers.auntrylifeandbreedinghadpreserved
inthellalookaryhesitatedtocall
eitherinno,now
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virginiawoolf
sittingroundinanoval,softlyillunatedbydlelight;
aethingofthekind,yes,evenin
theself.thoughsuperficiallyrked
hlines,hisfacelearpink,andhisblueeyes
hadthelongsighted,peacefulexpressionofeyesseeking
thetuoftheroad,oradistantlightthroughrain,
orthedarknessofer.shelookedatralph.hehad
neverappearedtoherreratedandfullofpurpose;
asifbehindhisforeheadassedsoch
experienself
ofitheheo
hielf.paredhthatdarkaenance,
herbrothersfaces,bendingloheirsoupplates,
ereoldedflesh.
“youcabythe3.10,.denhasaidthereverend
datchet,tughisnapkinintohisllar,
sothatalsttheoncealedbya
largeond.“theytreatusveryhe
heincreaseoftraffic,theytreatus
veryetistount
thetruthegoodstrains,andtheyrey
y,atthisseasonoftheyear.”
theoldgentlenhadbeenrousedagreeablybythe
presenan,
asbythecarehhelast
ences,andhisslightexaggerationinthe
ruthetrains.ihechiefburdenof
thetalkfelluponhiaaionightina
nneradringly
no,andwereglad
nottohavetotalktheelves.thestoreofinfortion
aboutthepresentandpastofthisparticularerof
linlnshirer.datchetproducedreallysurprised
hischildren,forthoughtheykence,
theyhadfotteent,astheyghthavefotten
theauntoffalyplatestorediechest,
untilsorarecelebratihtitforth.
afterdinner,parishbusiooktherectortohis
study,andryproposedthattheyshouldsitinthe
kit.
“itsnotthekitreally,”elizabethhasteoexplain
tuest,“butso”
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“itstheniinthehouse,”saidedward.
“itsgottheoldrestsbythesideofthefireplace,where
thenhungtheirguns,”saidelizabeth,leadingthe
hatallbrassdlestiherhand,downa
passage.“shothesteps,christopher.
ssionerswoyears
agotheysaidthisostiingpartofthe
house.thesenarrohatitisfivehundred
yearsoldfivehundredyears,ithinktheyyhave
saidsix.”she,too,feltaniulsetoexaggeratetheage
ofthebricks,asherfatherhadexaggeratedthenuer
oftrucks.abiglahungdotheterofthe
ceilingand,togetherinateda
largeandloftyrooo
iles,andasubstantialfireplacebuilt
upofthosenarroobefive
hundredyearsold.afechairs
haddethisan.
elizabeth,afterpointingoutthegunracks,andthehooks
forskingha,andotherevidenceofiable
age,andexplainingthatryhadhadtheideaoftu
ingtheroontoasittingrootherwasused
fingouttheentogein
aftershootinghatshehaddoy
ashostess,andsatdochairdirectlybeh
thela,besideaverylongandnarroable.
sheplacedapairofhospectaclesuponheose,and
dreofulofthreadsandwools.ina
feinutesasleaihere
fortherestoftheevening.
“eoutshootingorrow”said
christopher,e**vorable
iressionofhissistersfriend.
“iehyou,”saidralph.
“dontyoucareaboutshooting”askededward,whose
suspisyetlaidtorest.
“ivenevershotinlife,”saidralph,tuingand
lookinghintheface,becausehesurehow
thisnfessioneived.
“youuchlondon,isuppose,”
said
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