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XL. On Casterbridge Highway

           

           "Thatstonebridgeistheendofmyjourney,"shesaid,whenthebridgeovertheFroomwasinview.

           Shecrawledtothebridge.Duringtheefforteachbreathofthewomanwentintotheairasifnevertoreturnagain.

           "Nowforthetruthofthematter,"shesaid,sittingdown."Thetruthis,thatIhavelessthanhalfamile."Self-beguilementwithwhatshehadknownallthetimetobefalsehadgivenherstrengthtocomeoverhalfamilethatshewouldhavebeenpowerlesstofaceinthelump.Theartificeshowedthatthewoman,bysomemysteriousintuition,hadgraspedtheparadoxicaltruththatblindnessmayoperatemorevigorouslythanprescience,andtheshort-sightedeffectmorethanthefar-seeing;thatlimitation,andnotcomprehensiveness,isneededforstrikingablow.

           Thehalf-milestoodnowbeforethesickandwearywomanlikeastolidJuggernaut.ItwasanimpassiveKingofherworld.TheroadhereranacrossDurnoverMoor,opentotheroadoneitherside.Shesurveyedthewidespace,thelights,herself,sighed,andlaydownagainstaguard-stoneofthebridge.

           Neverwasingenuityexercisedsosorelyasthetravellerhereexercisedhers.Everyconceivableaid,method,stratagem,mechanism,bywhichtheselastdesperateeighthundredyardscouldbeoverpassedbyahumanbeingunperceived,wasrevolvedinherbusybrain,anddismissedasimpracticable.Shethoughtofsticks,wheels,crawlingsheeventhoughtofrolling.Buttheexertiondemandedbyeitheroftheselattertwowasgreaterthantowalkerect.Thefacultyofcontrivancewaswornout.Hopelessnesshadcomeatlast.

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