Borne Along by tide

        I St Oggs again, - out begun. It    any obvious effort; for ss to pay to    Glegg, and it ural t s ions to be t of for toms    Lucy    for    al Gleggs before dinner - `else    t could not be resisted. And Mr Step ably taken to dining at Mr Deanes as often as possible, instead of avoiding t, as o do. At first ion t    di even go in till Maggie ing off on a journey in tantly been alleging as a ground for stupidity and silence    ostensible motive. But t taken, and by tinct resolution    times    for a little c? to ceal beto part. o divide t appeal from    soul : but surely t cast a lingering look at eaed ao look again till t strange lig of time, moved about orpor of manner, so trasted ful brig Lucy    been vi tion in e enougo at for a large amount of depression. But uorpor ttle of emotions, sucruggle    seemed to    evil in ill noed up full-armed rengts in ting possession of    Lucy -    fulness of existence - love,    - all t ure craved , t anot    - anot less? But amidst all te tumult till, from time to time, tumult seemed quelled. as t existence ed ence sriving, all ty for anotured in ion and iment of somet en    by maiming t    ans of o     to oting - give me strengto bear it. - le emptation t s e crime?    first eful moment in ion, and gratitude, and    s from    , sirange, s, subduing influence did not, s quer    o remain simply ing Step t of    t still snatute fession before ting came. For    oo? S daily - sa in tigue    pelled to exert o indiffereo ty of cimes to ans beseec to be folloill at last times made of a moments mutual gaze - t of it till it came, and epo care for, and t o sing: it o Maggie - per distinctly scious t o it by a secret longing, running ter to all o deepen tcice    is guided by your less scious purposes, and you and t tradi in Stephen.

        P visitor, but        out on t,

        `Noale of visits to aunt Glegg is pleted, I mean t ing every day until s ing, because of tiresome visits, and s better t you, Maggie?

        `Better t of lootion, I    Maggie,    gly boatman ed in a boat for ever.

        `So be man? said Lucy. `Because, if you ake an oar. If t a quiet lake instead of a river, leman, fgie    ro is, o ask services of knig seem to offer t alacrity.

        S Stepering up and do singing in pianissimo falsetto

        `t t from th ask a drink divine.

        ook no notice, but still kept aloof: ly during P visits.

        `You dont seem ined for boating, said Lucy,    do you now?

        `O, I e a large party in a boat,    irritably. `Ill e when you have no one else.

        Lucy coloured, fearing t P: it e a neepo speak in t    ainly not been e. Poo, but less from a feeling of personal offe Stepion to Maggie, ed up from oo look at t on the river.

        `As Miss Deane didnt know sing me, said Pn.

        `No, indeed, you s, said Lucy, mucicularly ide    at    ten - it ime for a couple of o roo Luckrets too . And    to four people in a boat? s Stephen.

        `I dont object to t teped for a fourt all, of course it    divide ting take it alternately. Ill go t day.

        t    of draentiooep ulliver and Mr Deane being occupied    apart able ening abstractedly to teply turo a duet    Lud Pen do ention in every epc Maggie virtually denied any ground for s on rutself; it    to believe    spoken togetep be strongly fasated by    ural?), but P ruding on    be . Still, cepered slooable near urned over tly in mere idleness. ted o ting tracted by some bit of loey looking at Maggie, ake notice of ional strengtance    as rain our speecter in a spot t o be    at last s, uttered ione of paireaty, like t of a patient s in t Basset, arily as if it iculate cry. P o te side of tart and blusant toep immediately look appreo evident to    P a pang of s made o o c cribbage.

        P er in a state of    mingled ty. It    tion t tual sciousness betep able, susceptible o frenzy by t one c: tempt no explanation t    ions.    last, to its ual predominance,    long in imagining trutruggling, so all urn. But at t belief, ties t    be driven out of sigion ory: Step old ed     -crus sowards him?

        oo ill to t to go in t. In    agitatioe betradictory iions. First,     erviereat o fide in rusted erference.    been ting tered inually present    to ask ion of feelings eo    trust o see ill     from pure ay for    from egoistic irritation. e a brief o Step it early by t, saying t    o Miss Deane. ould Stepake his excuse, and fill his place?

        Lucy e tent epo go in t. S o drive to Lindum t ten: Lindum ed to go to, to make purt purc by no mea off to anotunity; and aunt tulliver must go too, because she purchases.

        `You    to Maggie    of t-room and upstairs toget    ten, and it is a deli. No say a    it, you dear dolorous t is t your face against all t tom: you may disobey tle.

        Maggie did not persist in objeg. S glad of t o be alone    ing ter life, in umult of t. S, and at    ten sat ing in the drawing-room.

        t tual, and sionate pleasure of t o be inguisep across t ainly not Pep entered.

        In t moment too mucated to speak; for Step t t. Maggie arted up and sat do beating violently, and Step by    P effort - for srembled visibly - so go to a distant chair.

        ` ing, said Stepone, `I am going in t.

        `O,    go, said Maggie, sinking into    expect - s.    Philip e?

        ` ead.

        `Lucy is goo Lindum, said Maggie, taking off , rembling fingers. `e must not go.

        `Very ep ed ay here.

        o erious as tarlit blaess, a very near, and timidly loving. Maggie sat perfectly still - pers, peres - until trembling here was a warm glow on her cheek.

        `ting - aken tell him?

        ` sell ep in a he lips now.

        Maggie made no answer.

        `Let us go, Stepreatingly, rising, and taking o raise oo. `e s be long together.

        And t. Maggie felt t sender care into t, , and ten) - all by tronger prese seemed to bear    any act of ing influence of a strong tonic - and s nothing else. Memory was excluded.

        to Stepide, past tofton trees and , sunny fields and pastures    ary song of a passing bird     solitude of a t o one by t grave untiring gaze ed -    ion of love came from Stepime to time, as    on roically: ot could    to t? and t did not belong to t enced    beloo t and ture t lay outside t ion on to be passed before topped a. At all times so fits of abse so let iced.

        But at last Stepo roer as if c     tretc t t tirely strao errible alarm took possession of her.

        `O, o stop? so see if t of sigo be seen. Surned round again, ressed questioning at Stephen.

        on cer, and said, in a strange, dreamy, abseone, `Yes - a long way.

        `O    home for hours - and Lucy - O God, help me!

        So a sob, like a frig of not of meeting Lucy, and seeing    - per upbraiding.

        Step beside ly drehe clasped hands.

        `Maggie, one of slo us never go ill no one    part us - till we are married.

        toartling ed Maggies sob, and s quite still - ep ies t er everytcs.

        `See, Maggie,    our seeking - in spite of all our efforts. e    of being alooget ide is carrying us out - aural bonds t o make faster round us - and trying in vain. It o torby, and    some carriage, and o York, and to Scotland - and never pause a moment till o ealy deat us. It is t t - it is tglement. Everyto point it out to us. e rived not of nothing ourselves.

        Step pleading. Maggie listened - passing from artled    to ter t belief t tide    all - t s glide along , silent stream and not struggle any more. But across t stealing influence came terrible s ts; and t no last t of fatal intoxication oephen.

        `Let me go! sated tone, flas look at rying to get ed to deprive me of any coo far - you o take advantage of my tlessness. It is unmanly t me into su.

        Stung at to    of desperation at ty Maggies o    sent to go on,    curse    o. But ting    sed uno one of suppressed rage,

        `I didnt notice t o t village - and t came into my mind t    justify it - I ougo old you. It is enougo make you e me - since you dont love me    to you - as I do you. Sop t, and try to get you out ell Lucy t I    you e me - and you so you.

        Maggie    o resist Stepure ed - easier even to turn a seemed to place ion from ate of feeling in ransmuted into mere self-regard. t fire in o look at imid distress. So irrevocable trespass - she, who had been so weak herself.

        `As if I s feel    trust. to tepal t inguis sense of otance.

        all ting in one, - it o utter anoto make anot, t mig - everyting in t silence as in a    till t t test perceptible fresill ter of tered.

        `You    up an instant, dearest.

        Maggie obeyed: told o do, and    doepook to e; for t try to get to torby as fast as ttended ance - it is tial sleep of t - it is ty by anoteo lull o acquiesce: t dreamy gliding in t, igued sensations from ticable difficulty of getting out of t at tance from    o more plete subje to t strong mysterious c parting from Step of ouc iron before wion s o absorb all her languid energy.

        Presently Steper teamer to Mudport, ide, but for t    t o    and t Maggie, atingly.

        `Maggie, dearest,    last, `if to Mudport or to any ve pla t nort    plan to get to take us on board. You are fatigued - and it may soon rain - it may be a g to torby in t. Its only a trading vessel, but I dare say you    be made tolerably fortable. ell take t of t. It is really our best plan. to take us - Ive got plenty of money about me - I    pay them well.

        Maggies    began to beat    tion; but s - one course seemed as difficult as another.

        Step udport, te informed wo days.

        `e    out too far , said Steprying to make for torby. But Im afraid of ted igue and ake us on board, will you, and . Ill pay you well.

        Maggie, no and trembling aken on board, making an iing object of plation to admiring Dutce feared time of it on board, for tion for sucirely unlooked-for passengers - no private    larger t at least tcolerable; and t-cuso a coucy. But to pace up and dt c s reing on t no neion could be taken t day. Everyt    till to-morroep beside o eaes, only look at eac ake a long y ers to t minree of i s    Stepriumply    or care o unmarked perspective by tainty t Maggie must be aken noured by scruples,    fiercely ering ination, ated; but repentances ion - enderness -    toget be    ure to every on day - t to satisfy est    to part ; o     ered in loones by t    stirred t - on experienced minds at a distance from to pgie tar o ty lips: t be, tals    ioo    ime excluded all realities - all except turning sun-gleams ers as t of promised    t pressed    spoke to    looked at h grave, unspeakable love.

        to be no rain, after all; to t purple rampart, and long purple isles of t o us ar co sleep all nig ter t    ill early,    on a dro rest, and s t dying flus    Stepill seated by    t    stream and made irely passive, t tion ra one, and t t bring back truggle - t ts    noinct to o sleep    soft stream still flo.
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