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The new comer, on seeing her, lifted his hat, and paused with the air of a gentleman    perhaps a traveler desirous of having it immediately known that his intrusion is involuntary. THE NEWCOMER ON SEEING HER LIFTED HIS HAT AND PAUSED WITH THE AIR OF A GENTLEMAN PERHAPS A TRAVELLER WHO WISHES TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT HIS INTRUSION IS INVOLUNTARY
stacks and the blue shadows of its roof angles, all drenched in the pale gold moisture of the air. Seen thus, across the level tracery of the yews, under the suffused, mild light, it sent her, from its open windows and hospitably smoking chimneys, the look of some warm human presence, of a mind slowly ripened on a sunny wall of experience. She had never before had so deep a sense of her intimacy with it, such a conviction that its secrets were all beneficent, kept, as they said to children, "for one's good," so complete a trust in its power to gather up her life and Ned's into the harmonious pattern of the long, long story it sat there weaving in the sun. She heard steps behind her, and turned, expecting to see the gardener, accompanied by the engineer from Dorchester. But only one figure was in sight, that of a youngish, slightly built man, who, for reasons she could not on the spot have specified, did not remotely resemble her preconceived notion of an authority on hot-house boilers. SS TERRACE LOOKING ACROSS THE FISH POND AND YEW HEDGES TO THE LONG HOUSE FRONT WITH ITS TWISTED CHIMNEY STACKS AND BLUE ROUGH ANGLES ALL DRENCHED IN THE PALE GOLD MOISTURE OF THE AIR SEEN TH ACROSS THE LEVEL TRACERY OF THE GARDENS IT SENT HER FROM OPEN WINDOWS AND HOSPITABLY TO SMOKING CHIMNEYS THE LOOK OF SOME WARM HUMAN PRESENCE OF A MIND SLOWLY RIPENED ON A SUNNY WALL OF EXPERIENCE SHE HAD NEVER BEFORE HAD SUCH A SENSE OF HER INTIMACY WITH IT SUCH A CONVICTION THAT ITS SECRETS WERE ALL BENEFICENT KEPT AS THEY SAID TO CHILDREN FOR ONE'S GOOD SUCH A TRUST IN ITS POWER TO GATHER UP HER LIFE AND NED'S INTO THE HARMONIOUS PATTERN OF THE LONG LONG STORY IT SAT THERE WEAVING IN THE SUN SHE HEARD STEPS BEHIND HER AND TURNED EXPECTING TO SEE THE GARDENER ACCOMPANIED BY THE ENGINEER FROM DORCHESTER BUT ONLY ONE FIGURE WAS IN SIGHT THAT OF A YOUNGISH SLIGHTLY BUILT MAN WHO FOR REASONS SHE COULD NOT ON THE SPOT HAVE GIVEN DID NOT REMOTELY RESEMBLE HER NOTION OF AN AUTHORITY ON HOT HOUSE BOILERS
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