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and dash down the twisting stairs without pausing to give her a hand for the descent. A slight tendency to dizziness obliged her, after a provisional clutch at the chimney against which they had been leaning, to follow him down more cautiously; and when she had reached the attic landing she paused again for a less definite reason, leaning over the oak banister to strain her eyes through the silence of the brown, sun flecked depths below. AND DASH DOWN THE STAIRS WITHOUT PAUSING TO GIVE HER A HAND A SLIGHT TENDENCY TO DIZZINESS OBLIGED HER AFTER A PROVISIONAL CLUTCH AT THE CHIMNEY AGAINST WHICH THEY HAD BEEN LEANING TO FOLLOW HIM FIRST MORE CAUTIOUSLY AND WHEN SHE HAD REACHED THE LANDING SHE PAUSED AGAIN FOR A LESS DEFINITE REASON LEANING OVER THE BANISTER TO STRAIN HER EYES THROUGH THE SILENCE OF THE BROWN SUNFLEXED DEPTHS
arm; and closely pressed to him, she had absorbed, like some long, satisfying draft, the picture of the gray-walled court, the squat lions on the gates, and the lime-avenue reaching up to the highroad under the downs. It was just then, while they gazed and held each other, that she had felt his arm relax, and heard a sharp "Hullo!" that made her turn to glance at him. Distinctly, yes, she now recalled she had seen, as she glanced, a shadow of anxiety, of perplexity, rather, fall across his face; and, following his eyes, had beheld the figure of a man -- a man in loose, grayish clothes, as it appeared to her -- who was sauntering down the lime-avenue to the court with the tentative gait of a stranger seeking his way. Her short-sighted eyes had given her but a blurred impression of slightness and grayness, with something foreign, or at least unlocal, in the cut of the figure or its garb; but her husband had apparently seen more -- seen enough to make him push past her with a sharp "Wait! ID TURNING HER ABOUT WITHIN HIS ARM AND CLOSELY PRESSED TO HIM SHE HAD ABSORBED LIKE SOME LONG SATISFYING DRAUGHT THE PICTURE OF THE GRAY WALLED COURT THE SQUAT LIONS ON THE GATES AND THE LIME AVENUE REACHING UP TO THE HIGH ROAD UNDER THE DOWNS IT WAS JUST THEN WHILE THEY GAZED AND HELD EACH OTHER THAT SHE HAD FELT HIS ARM RELAX AND HEARD A SHARP HULLO IT MADE HER TURN TO GLANCE AT HIM DISTINCTLY YES SHE NOW RECALLED THAT SHE HAD SEEN AS SHE GLANCED A SHADOW OF ANXIETY OF PERPLEXITY RATHER FALL ACROSS HIS FACE AND FOLLOWING HIS EYES HAD BEHELD THE FIGURE OF A MAN A MAN IN LOOSE GREYISH CLOTHES AS IT APPEARED TO HER WHO WAS SAUNTERING DOWN THE LIME AVENUE TO THE COURT WITH THE DOUBTFUL GAIT OF A STRANGER WHO SEEKS HIS WAY HER SHORT SIGHTED EYES HAD GIVEN HER BUT A BLURRED IMPRESSION OF SLIGHTNESS AND GRAYISHNESS WITH SOMETHING FOREIGN OR AT LEAST UNLOCAL IN THE CUT OF THE FIGURE OR ITS DRESS BUT HER HUSBAND HAD APPARENTLY SEEN MORE SEEN ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM PUSH PAST HER WITH A HASTY WAIT
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