XLII. Joseph and His Burden—Buck's Head

           

           AwallboundedthesiteofCasterbridgeUnion-house,exceptalongaportionoftheend.Hereahighgablestoodprominent,anditwascoveredlikethefrontwithamatofivy.Inthisgablewasnowindow,chimney,ornament,orprotuberanceofanykind.Thesinglefeatureappertainingtoit,beyondtheexpanseofdarkgreenleaves,wasasmalldoor.

           Thesituationofthedoorwaspeculiar.Thesillwasthreeorfourfeetabovetheground,andforamomentonewasatalossforanexplanationofthisexceptionalaltitude,tillrutsimmediatelybeneathsuggestedthatthedoorwasusedsolelyforthepassageofarticlesandpersonstoandfromthelevelofavehiclestandingontheoutside.Uponthewhole,thedoorseemedtoadvertiseitselfasaspeciesofTraitor’sGatetranslatedtoanothersphere.Thatentryandexitherebywasonlyatrareintervalsbecameapparentonnotingthattuftsofgrasswereallowedtoflourishundisturbedinthechinksofthesill.

           AstheclockovertheSouth-streetAlms-housepointedtofiveminutestothree,abluespringwaggon,pickedoutwithred,andcontainingboughsandflowers,passedtheendofthestreet,anduptowardsthissideofthebuilding.Whilstthechimeswereyetstammeringoutashatteredformof"Malbrook,"JosephPoorgrassrangthebell,andreceiveddirectionstobackhiswaggonagainstthehighdoorunderthegable.Thedoorthenopened,andaplainelmcoffinwasslowlythrustforth,andlaidbytwomeninfustianalongthemiddleofthevehicle.

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