He lay awake, and waking became aware of hisancient
dream. She said- Lawrence, Lawrence, somethings about! He heard two sounds
continually repeated:Went-worth, Went-worth.
He himself was moving now;he was
hurrying.
Gomorrah closed itself againsther; she stood in the
outer wind of the plain. He had been given rope enough, but there was a bottom, and
a darkhole, and him in the hole.
He could not understandanything about him. She
asked, looking at him: Do you know how long it will last?
He said in a low mumble: Must excuse me Sothen,
my uncle says, I can stay with them for a few days till Ivefound rooms or a
room.
And theresuddenly before him was Sir Aston Moffatt.
Hewas at last by his chair; he would always sit there, always,always. Adelas past,
Adelas identity, wasAdelas own.
Im to see my uncles man to-morrowat twelve, and if
he approves me I shall start work at once.
A little distance within the shedthe woman was
sitting on the earth, where the floor began toslope. Odd-to know that whenyou dont
know what it is. She ran wildly up the road, so fast that Hugh, who followed,
wasoutdistanced.
I will talk Nature to Miss Fox, he said, and Art to
Miss Hunt. Pauline threw her head back, involuntarily shutting hereyes. She rapped
at the door; there came no other sound. As shedid so he became aware for the first
time that he did notaltogether want her.
Pauline heard it, and felt more intensely the peace
that held her. Odd-to know that whenyou dont know what it is. Sherapped again; as if
the wood thinned before her, she heard a quickbreathing from within.
Go in peace,His eyes challenged her on the word;
this time she did not pause.
Her temperature andher pulse were at first normal,
and at first she could not recallthe night.
Down all those miles he had slowly climbed. You
cant do anything; youdidnt see it in the house.
They were held; then,to instinctive terror, the
frantic cause presented itself. Pauline cried out: And if it changes, it shall
change as it must,and I shall want it as it is then. The train stopped at
Marylebone, and he woke.