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XXXII. Night—Horses Tramping

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           "ThenwaitheretillIcomehitheragain,"saidGabriel.HerandownthehilltowardsFarmerBoldwood’s.

           "FarmerBoldwoodisnotathome,"saidMaryann.

           "Allthebetter,"saidCoggan."Iknowwhathe’sgonefor."

           LessthanfiveminutesbroughtupOakagain,runningatthesamepace,withtwohaltersdanglingfromhishand.

           "Wheredidyoufind’em?"saidCoggan,turningroundandleapinguponthehedgewithoutwaitingforananswer.

           "Undertheeaves.Iknewwheretheywerekept,"saidGabriel,followinghim."Coggan,youcanridebare-backed?there’snotimetolookforsaddles."

           "Likeahero!"saidJan.

           "Maryann,yougotobed,"Gabrielshoutedtoherfromthetopofthehedge.

           SpringingdownintoBoldwood’spastures,eachpocketedhishaltertohideitfromthehorses,who,seeingthemenempty-handed,docilelyallowedthemselvestobeseizedbythemane,whenthehaltersweredexterouslyslippedon.Havingneitherbitnorbridle,OakandCogganextemporizedtheformerbypassingtheropeineachcasethroughtheanimal’smouthandloopingitontheotherside.Oakvaultedastride,andCogganclamberedupbyaidofthebank,whentheyascendedtothegateandgallopedoffinthedirectiontakenbyBathsheba’shorseandtherobber.Whosevehiclethehorsehadbeenharnessedtowasamatterofsomeuncertainty.

           WeatherburyBottomwasreachedinthreeorfourminutes.Theyscannedtheshadygreenpatchbytheroadside.Thegipsiesweregone.

           "Thevillains!"saidGabriel."Whichwayhavetheygone,Iwonder?"

           "Straighton,assureasGodmadelittleapples,"saidJan.

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