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The
next
day
Yeobright
set
out
for
the
old
house
at
Blooms
-
End
,
which
,
with
the
garden
,
was
now
his
own
.
His
severe
illness
had
hindered
all
preparations
for
his
removal
thither
;
but
it
had
become
necessary
that
he
should
go
and
overlook
its
contents
,
as
administrator
to
his
mother
’
s
little
property
;
for
which
purpose
he
decided
to
pass
the
next
night
on
the
premises
.
He
journeyed
onward
,
not
quickly
or
decisively
,
but
in
the
slow
walk
of
one
who
has
been
awakened
from
a
stupefying
sleep
.
It
was
early
afternoon
when
he
reached
the
valley
.
The
expression
of
the
place
,
the
tone
of
the
hour
,
were
precisely
those
of
many
such
occasions
in
days
gone
by
;
and
these
antecedent
similarities
fostered
the
illusion
that
she
,
who
was
there
no
longer
,
would
come
out
to
welcome
him
.
The
garden
gate
was
locked
and
the
shutters
were
closed
,
just
as
he
himself
had
left
them
on
the
evening
after
the
funeral
.
He
unlocked
the
gate
,
and
found
that
a
spider
had
already
constructed
a
large
web
,
tying
the
door
to
the
lintel
,
on
the
supposition
that
it
was
never
to
be
opened
again
.
When
he
had
entered
the
house
and
flung
back
the
shutters
he
set
about
his
task
of
overhauling
the
cupboards
and
closets
,
burning
papers
,
and
considering
how
best
to
arrange
the
place
for
Eustacia
’
s
reception
,
until
such
time
as
he
might
be
in
a
position
to
carry
out
his
long
-
delayed
scheme
,
should
that
time
ever
arrive
.
As
he
surveyed
the
rooms
he
felt
strongly
disinclined
for
the
alterations
which
would
have
to
be
made
in
the
time
-
honoured
furnishing
of
his
parents
and
grandparents
,
to
suit
Eustacia
’
s
modern
ideas
.
The
gaunt
oak
-
cased
clock
,
with
the
picture
of
the
Ascension
on
the
door
panel
and
the
Miraculous
Draught
of
Fishes
on
the
base
;
his
grandmother
’
s
corner
cupboard
with
the
glass
door
,
through
which
the
spotted
china
was
visible
;
the
dumb
-
waiter
;
the
wooden
tea
trays
;
the
hanging
fountain
with
the
brass
tap
—
whither
would
these
venerable
articles
have
to
be
banished
?
He
noticed
that
the
flowers
in
the
window
had
died
for
want
of
water
,
and
he
placed
them
out
upon
the
ledge
,
that
they
might
be
taken
away
.
While
thus
engaged
he
heard
footsteps
on
the
gravel
without
,
and
somebody
knocked
at
the
door
.
Yeobright
opened
it
,
and
Venn
was
standing
before
him
.
“
Good
morning
,
”
said
the
reddleman
.
“
Is
Mrs
.
Yeobright
at
home
?
”
Yeobright
looked
upon
the
ground
.
“
Then
you
have
not
seen
Christian
or
any
of
the
Egdon
folks
?
”
he
said
.
“
No
.
I
have
only
just
returned
after
a
long
stay
away
.
I
called
here
the
day
before
I
left
.
”
