LIV. After the Shock

           

           BoldwoodpassedintothehighroadandturnedinthedirectionofCasterbridge.Herehewalkedataneven,steadypaceoverYalburyHill,alongthedeadlevelbeyond,mountedMellstockHill,andbetweenelevenandtwelveo’clockcrossedtheMoorintothetown.Thestreetswerenearlydesertednow,andthewavinglamp-flamesonlylighteduprowsofgreyshop-shutters,andstripsofwhitepavinguponwhichhisstepechoedashispassedalong.Heturnedtotheright,andhaltedbeforeanarchwayofheavystonework,whichwasclosedbyanironstuddedpairofdoors.Thiswastheentrancetothegaol,andoveritalampwasfixed,thelightenablingthewretchedtravellertofindabell-pull.

           Thesmallwicketatlastopened,andaporterappeared.Boldwoodsteppedforward,andsaidsomethinginalowtone,when,afteradelay,anothermancame.Boldwoodentered,andthedoorwasclosedbehindhim,andhewalkedtheworldnomore.

           LongbeforethistimeWeatherburyhadbeenthoroughlyaroused,andthewilddeedwhichhadterminatedBoldwood’smerrymakingbecameknowntoall.OfthoseoutofthehouseOakwasoneofthefirsttohearofthecatastrophe,andwhenheenteredtheroom,whichwasaboutfiveminutesafterBoldwood’sexit,thescenewasterrible.Allthefemaleguestswerehuddledaghastagainstthewallslikesheepinastorm,andthemenwerebewilderedastowhattodo.AsforBathsheba,shehadchanged.ShewassittingonthefloorbesidethebodyofTroy,hisheadpillowedinherlap,whereshehadherselfliftedit.

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