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There stood Esther, and her eyes were full of eagerness and anger. THERE STOOD ESTHER AND HER EYES WERE FULL OF EAGERNESS AND ANGER
lf that, though he only half liked, and even slightly feared her, there was a certain attraction about her--was it in her dark unflinching eyes or in her very red lips?--which might lead him into greater follies still. Thus it came about that for two successive evenings Esther waited for him in vain, and on the third evening he said to himself, with a grudging relief, that by this time she had probably transferred her affections to someone else. It was Saturday, the second Saturday since he left town. He spent the day about the farm, contemplated the pigs, inspected the feeding of the stock, and assisted at the afternoon milking. Then at evening, with a refilled pipe, he went for a long lean over the west gate, while he traced fantastic pictures and wove romances in the glories of the sunset clouds. He watched the colours glow from gold to scarlet, change to crimson, sink at last to sad purple reefs and isles, when the sudden consciousness of someone being near him made him turn round.  ACKNOWLEDGED TO HIMSELF THAT THOUGH HE ONLY HALF LIKED AND EVEN SLIGHTLY FEARED HER THERE WAS A CERTAIN ATTRACTION ABOUT HER WAS IT IN HER DARK UNFLINCHING EYES OR IN HER VERY RED LIPS WHICH MIGHT LEAD HIM INTO GREATER FOLLIES STILL THUS IT CAME ABOUT THAT FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE EVENINGS ESTHER WAITED FOR HIM IN VAIN AND ON THE THIRD EVENING HE SAID TO HIMSELF WITH A GRUDGING RELIEF THAT BY THIS TIME SHE HAD PROBABLY TRANSFERRED HER AFFECTIONS TO SOME ONE ELSE IT WAS SATURDAY THE SECOND SATURDAY SINCE HE LEFT TOWN HE SPENT THE DAY ABOUT THE FARM CONTEMPLATED THE PIGS INSPECTED THE FEEDING OF THE STOCK AND ASSISTED AT THE AFTERNOON MILKING THEN AT EVENING WITH A REFILLED PIPE HE WENT FOR A LONG LEAN OVER THE WEST GATE WHILE HE TRACED FANTASTIC PICTURES AND WOVE ROMANCES IN THE GLORIES OF THE SUNSET CLOUDS HE WATCHED THE COLORS GLOW FROM GOLD TO SCARLET CHANGE TO CRIMSON SINK AT LAST TO A SAD PURPLE REEFS AND AISLES WHEN THE SUDDEN CONSCIOUSNESS OF SOMEONE BEING NEAR HIM MADE HIM TURN ROUND
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