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XLVI. The Gurgoyle: Its Doings

           Sowhenbreakfastwasover,sheputonherbonnet,andtookadirectiontowardsthechurch.Itwasnineo’clock,andthemenhavingreturnedtoworkagainfromtheirfirstmeal,shewasnotlikelytomeetmanyofthemintheroad.KnowingthatFannyhadbeenlaidinthereprobates’quarterofthegraveyard,calledintheparish"behindchurch,"whichwasinvisiblefromtheroad,itwasimpossibletoresisttheimpulsetoenterandlookuponaspotwhich,fromnamelessfeelings,sheatthesametimedreadedtosee.Shehadbeenunabletoovercomeanimpressionthatsomeconnectionexistedbetweenherrivalandthelightthroughthetrees.

           Bathshebaskirtedthebuttress,andbeheldtheholeandthetomb,itsdelicatelyveinedsurfacesplashedandstainedjustasTroyhadseenitandleftittwohoursearlier.OntheothersideofthescenestoodGabriel.Hiseyes,too,werefixedonthetomb,andherarrivalhavingbeennoiseless,shehadnotasyetattractedhisattention.BathshebadidnotatonceperceivethatthegrandtombandthedisturbedgravewereFanny’s,andshelookedonbothsidesandaroundforsomehumblermound,earthedupandcloddedintheusualway.ThenhereyefollowedOak’s,andshereadthewordswithwhichtheinscriptionopened:

           ErectedbyFrancisTroy

           InBelovedMemoryof

           FannyRobin

           Oaksawher,andhisfirstactwastogazeinquiringlyandlearnhowshereceivedthisknowledgeoftheauthorshipofthework,whichtohimselfhadcausedconsiderableastonishment.Butsuchdiscoveriesdidnotmuchaffecthernow

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