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XL. On Casterbridge Highway

           "PerhapsIcanmakeuseofhimImightdoitthen!"

           ShepointedinthedirectionofCasterbridge,andthedogseemedtomisunderstand:hetrottedon.Then,findingshecouldnotfollow,hecamebackandwhined.

           Theultimateandsaddestsingularityofwoman’seffortandinventionwasreachedwhen,withaquickenedbreathing,sherosetoastoopingposture,and,restinghertwolittlearmsupontheshouldersofthedog,leantfirmlythereon,andmurmuredstimulatingwords.Whilstshesorrowedinherheartshecheeredwithhervoice,andwhatwasstrangerthanthatthestrongshouldneedencouragementfromtheweakwasthatcheerfulnessshouldbesowellstimulatedbysuchutterdejection.Herfriendmovedforwardslowly,andshewithsmallmincingstepsmovedforwardbesidehim,halfherweightbeingthrownupontheanimal.Sometimesshesankasshehadsunkfromwalkingerect,fromthecrutches,fromtherails.Thedog,whonowthoroughlyunderstoodherdesireandherincapacity,wasfranticinhisdistressontheseoccasions;hewouldtugatherdressandrunforward.Shealwayscalledhimback,anditwasnowtobeobservedthatthewomanlistenedforhumansoundsonlytoavoidthem.Itwasevidentthatshehadanobjectinkeepingherpresenceontheroadandherforlornstateunknown.

           Theirprogresswasnecessarilyveryslow.Theyreachedthebottomofthetown,andtheCasterbridgelampslaybeforethemlikefallenPleiadsastheyturnedtotheleftintothedenseshadeofadesertedavenueofchestnuts,andsoskirtedtheborough.Thusthetownwaspassed,andthegoalwasreached.

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