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XLI. Suspicion—Fanny Is Sent For

           "

           "Iwill,ma’am.IoughttohavesaidthattheUnion,intheformoffourlabouringmen,willmeetmewhenIgetstoourchurchyardgate,andtakeherandburyheraccordingtotheritesoftheBoardofGuardians,asbylawordained."

           "DearmeCasterbridgeUnionandisFannycometothis?"saidBathsheba,musing."IwishIhadknownofitsooner.Ithoughtshewasfaraway.Howlonghasshelivedthere?"

           "On’ybeenthereadayortwo."

           "Oh!thenshehasnotbeenstayingthereasaregularinmate?"

           "No.Shefirstwenttoliveinagarrison-townt’othersideo’Wessex,andsincethenshe’sbeenpickingupalivingatseampsteringinMelchesterforseveralmonths,atthehouseofaveryrespectablewidow-womanwhotakesinworkofthatsort.SheonlygothandytheUnion-houseonSundaymorning’ab’lieve,and’tissupposedhereandtherethatshehadtraipsedeverystepofthewayfromMelchester.Whysheleftherplace,Ican’tsay,forIdon’tknow;andastoalie,why,Iwouldn’ttellit.That’stheshortofthestory,ma’am."

           "Ah-h!"

           Nogemeverflashedfromarosyraytoawhiteonemorerapidlythanchangedtheyoungwife’scountenancewhilstthiswordcamefromherinalong-drawnbreath."Didshewalkalongourturnpike-road?"shesaid,inasuddenlyrestlessandeagervoice.

           "Ibelieveshedid…Ma’am,shallIcallLiddy?Youbain’twell,ma’am,surely?Youlooklikealilysopaleandfainty!"

           "No;don’tcallher;itisnothing.WhendidshepassWeatherbury?"

           "LastSaturdaynight."

           "Thatwilldo,Joseph;nowyoumaygo."

           "Certainly,ma’am.

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