XXII. The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers

           

           Menthinawaytoinsignificanceandoblivionquiteasoftenbynotmakingthemostofgoodspiritswhentheyhavethemasbylackinggoodspiritswhentheyareindispensable.Gabriellately,forthefirsttimesincehisprostrationbymisfortune,hadbeenindependentinthoughtandvigorousinactiontoamarkedextentconditionswhich,powerlesswithoutanopportunityasanopportunitywithoutthemisbarren,wouldhavegivenhimasureliftupwardswhenthefavourableconjunctionshouldhaveoccurred.ButthisincurableloiteringbesideBathshebaEverdenestolehistimeruinously.Thespringtidesweregoingbywithoutfloatinghimoff,andtheneapmightsooncomewhichcouldnot.

           ItwasthefirstdayofJune,andthesheep-shearingseasonculminated,thelandscape,eventotheleanestpasture,beingallhealthandcolour.Everygreenwasyoung,everyporewasopen,andeverystalkwasswollenwithracingcurrentsofjuice.Godwaspalpablypresentinthecountry,andthedevilhadgonewiththeworldtotown.Flossycatkinsofthelaterkinds,fern-sproutslikebishops’croziers,thesquare-headedmoschatel,theoddcuckoo-pint,likeanapoplecticsaintinanicheofmalachite,snow-whiteladies’-smocks,thetoothwort,approximatingtohumanflesh,theenchanter’snight-shade,andtheblack-petaleddoleful-bells,wereamongthequainterobjectsofthevegetableworldinandaboutWeatherburyatthisteemingtime;andoftheanimal,themetamorphosedfiguresofMr.

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