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CHAPTER 38 THE MAN WITH THE MOTOR
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Eve woke with the scent1 of hay in her nostrils2, and her hair was damp with dew.
She sat up, and from that brown nook on the hill-side looked out upon a world that was all white mist, with a great silver sun struggling out of the east. Each blade of grass had its droplet3 of dew. The air was still as deep water. From a wood in the valley came the sound of the singing of birds.
Her two companions were still asleep, Joan Gaunt lying with her mouth wide open, her face looking grey and old. Eve picked up an armful of hay, went a few paces forward, and sat down so that she could see everything without having to look over the bodies of the sleeping women.
It was like watching the birth of a world. The veil of white mist hid miraculous4 happenings, and the singing of the birds down yonder was like the exultation5 of souls that beheld6 and marvelled7. Mystery! The stillness seemed to wait. In a little while the white veil would be withdrawn8.
Then the vapour became full of sudden motion. It rolled in great drifts, rose, broke into little wisps of smoke, and half lost itself in yellow light. The interplay was wonderful to watch. Sometimes the mist closed in again, hiding what it had half revealed, only to drift away once more like torn masses of gossamer10. A great yellow ray of sunlight struck abruptly11 across the valley, fell upon the wood where the birds were singing, and splashed it with gold. Then the mist seemed to be
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beech
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tangled
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scribbling
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centurion
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delightful
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grievance
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condemning
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sanitary
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bemoaning
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drowsiness
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descending
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