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V. Departure of Bathsheba—A Pastoral Tragedy

           Rathersurprisedtofindthembreakfenceatthisseason,yetputtingitdowninstantlytotheirgreatfondnessforivyinwinter-time,ofwhichagreatdealgrewintheplantation,hefollowedthroughthehedge.Theywerenotintheplantation.Hecalledagain:thevalleysandfarthesthillsresoundedaswhenthesailorsinvokedthelostHylasontheMysianshore;butnosheep.Hepassedthroughthetreesandalongtheridgeofthehill.Ontheextremesummit,wheretheendsofthetwoconverginghedgesofwhichwehavespokenwerestoppedshortbymeetingthebrowofthechalk-pit,hesawtheyoungerdogstandingagainsttheskydarkandmotionlessasNapoleonatSt.Helena.

           AhorribleconvictiondartedthroughOak.Withasensationofbodilyfaintnessheadvanced:atonepointtherailswerebrokenthrough,andtherehesawthefootprintsofhisewes.Thedogcameup,lickedhishand,andmadesignsimplyingthatheexpectedsomegreatrewardforsignalservicesrendered.Oaklookedovertheprecipice.Theeweslaydeadanddyingatitsfootaheapoftwohundredmangledcarcasses,representingintheirconditionjustnowatleasttwohundredmore.

           Oakwasanintenselyhumaneman:indeed,hishumanityoftentoreinpiecesanypoliticintentionsofhiswhichborderedonstrategy,andcarriedhimonasbygravitation.Ashadowinhislifehadalwaysbeenthathisflockendedinmuttonthatadaycameandfoundeveryshepherdanarranttraitortohisdefenselesssheep.Hisfirstfeelingnowwasoneofpityfortheuntimelyfateofthesegentleewesandtheirunbornlambs.

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