XLV. Troy's Romanticism

           

           WhenTroy’swifehadleftthehouseatthepreviousmidnighthisfirstactwastocoverthedeadfromsight.Thisdoneheascendedthestairs,andthrowinghimselfdownuponthebeddressedashewas,hewaitedmiserablyforthemorning.

           Fatehaddealtgrimlywithhimthroughthelastfour-and-twentyhours.Hisdayhadbeenspentinawaywhichvariedverymateriallyfromhisintentionsregardingit.Thereisalwaysaninertiatobeovercomeinstrikingoutanewlineofconductnotmoreinourselves,itseems,thanincircumscribingevents,whichappearasifleaguedtogethertoallownonoveltiesinthewayofamelioration.

           TwentypoundshavingbeensecuredfromBathsheba,hehadmanagedtoaddtothesumeveryfarthinghecouldmusteronhisownaccount,whichhadbeensevenpoundsten.Withthismoney,twenty-sevenpoundsteninall,hehadhastilydrivenfromthegatethatmorningtokeephisappointmentwithFannyRobin.

           OnreachingCasterbridgeheleftthehorseandtrapataninn,andatfiveminutesbeforetencamebacktothebridgeatthelowerendofthetown,andsathimselfupontheparapet.Theclocksstruckthehour,andnoFannyappeared.Infact,atthatmomentshewasbeingrobedinhergrave-clothesbytwoattendantsattheUnionpoorhousethefirstandlasttiring-womenthegentlecreaturehadeverbeenhonouredwith.Thequarterwent,thehalfhour.ArushofrecollectioncameuponTroyashewaited:thiswasthesecondtimeshehadbrokenaseriousengagementwithhim.

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