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L. The Sheep Fair—Troy Touches His Wife's Hand

           

           TheWeatherburyFarms,however,werenosuchlongdistancefromthehill,andthosearrangementswerenotnecessaryintheircase.ButthelargeunitedflocksofBathshebaandFarmerBoldwoodformedavaluableandimposingmultitudewhichdemandedmuchattention,andonthisaccountGabriel,inadditiontoBoldwood’sshepherdandCainBall,accompaniedthemalongtheway,throughthedecayedoldtownofKingsbere,andupwardtotheplateau,oldGeorgethedogofcoursebehindthem.

           WhentheautumnsunslantedoverGreenhillthismorningandlightedthedewyflatuponitscrest,nebulouscloudsofdustweretobeseenfloatingbetweenthepairsofhedgeswhichstreakedthewideprospectaroundinalldirections.Thesegraduallyconvergeduponthebaseofthehill,andtheflocksbecameindividuallyvisible,climbingtheserpentinewayswhichledtothetop.Thus,inaslowprocession,theyenteredtheopeningtowhichtheroadstended,multitudeaftermultitude,hornedandhornlessblueflocksandredflocks,buffflocksandbrownflocks,evengreenandsalmon-tintedflocks,accordingtothefancyofthecolouristandcustomofthefarm.Menwereshouting,dogswerebarking,withgreatestanimation,butthethrongingtravellersinsolongajourneyhadgrownnearlyindifferenttosuchterrors,thoughtheystillbleatedpiteouslyattheunwontednessoftheirexperiences,atallshepherdrisinghereandthereinthemidstofthem,likeagiganticidolamidacrowdofprostratedevotees.

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