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XL. On Casterbridge Highway

           Shestaggeredacrosstothefirstpost,clungtoit,andlookedaround.

           TheCasterbridgelightswerenowindividuallyvisible.Itwasgettingtowardsmorning,andvehiclesmightbehopedfor,ifnotexpectedsoon.Shelistened.Therewasnotasoundoflifesavethatacmeandsublimationofalldismalsounds,thebarkofafox,itsthreehollownotesbeingrenderedatintervalsofaminutewiththeprecisionofafuneralbell.

           "Lessthanamile!"thewomanmurmured."No;more,"sheadded,afterapause."Themileistothecountyhall,andmyresting-placeisontheothersideCasterbridge.Alittleoveramile,andthereIam!"Afteranintervalsheagainspoke."Fiveorsixstepstoayardsixperhaps.Ihavetogoseventeenhundredyards.Ahundredtimessix,sixhundred.Seventeentimesthat.Opityme,Lord!"

           Holdingtotherails,sheadvanced,thrustingonehandforwardupontherail,thentheother,thenleaningoveritwhilstshedraggedherfeetonbeneath.

           Thiswomanwasnotgiventosoliloquy;butextremityoffeelinglessenstheindividualityoftheweak,asitincreasesthatofthestrong.Shesaidagaininthesametone,"I’llbelievethattheendliesfivepostsforward,andnofurther,andsogetstrengthtopassthem."

           Thiswasapracticalapplicationoftheprinciplethatahalf-feignedandfictitiousfaithisbetterthannofaithatall.

           Shepassedfivepostsandheldontothefifth.

           "I’llpassfivemorebybelievingmylonged-forspotisatthenextfifth.Icandoit."

           Shepassedfivemore.

           "Itliesonlyfivefurther."

           Shepassedfivemore.

           "Butitisfivefurther."

           Shepassedthem.

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