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large/1336/afterward_cb_librivox_64kb_mp3/afterward_1_wharton_cb_64kb
English
1336
The front door stood open on the mild sunlight of the court, and hall and court were empty. THE FRONT DOOR STOOD OPEN ON THE SUNLIGHT OF THE COURT AND HALL AND COURT WERE EMPTY
ing 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!" 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. She lingered there till, somewhere in those depths, she heard the closing of a door; then, mechanically impelled, she went down the shallow flights of steps till she reached the lower hall. N 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 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 SHE LINGERED THERE TILL SOMEWHERE IN THOSE DEPTHS SHE HEARD THE CLOSING OF A DOOR THEN MECHANICALLY IMPELLED SHE WENT DOWN THE SHALLOW FLIGHTS OF STEPS TILL SHE REACHED THE LOWER HALL
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