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XLIV. Under a Tree—Reaction

           Upthesidesofthisdepressiongrewsheavesofthecommonrush,andhereandthereapeculiarspeciesofflag,thebladesofwhichglistenedintheemergingsun,likescythes.Butthegeneralaspectoftheswampwasmalignant.Fromitsmoistandpoisonouscoatseemedtobeexhaledtheessencesofevilthingsintheearth,andinthewatersundertheearth.Thefungigrewinallmannerofpositionsfromrottingleavesandtreestumps,someexhibitingtoherlistlessgazetheirclammytops,otherstheiroozinggills.Someweremarkedwithgreatsplotches,redasarterialblood,othersweresaffronyellow,andotherstallandattenuated,withstemslikemacaroni.Somewereleatheryandofrichestbrowns.Thehollowseemedanurseryofpestilencessmallandgreat,intheimmediateneighbourhoodofcomfortandhealth,andBathshebaarosewithatremoratthethoughtofhavingpassedthenightonthebrinkofsodismalaplace.

           Therewerenowotherfootstepstobeheardalongtheroad.Bathsheba’snerveswerestillunstrung:shecroucheddownoutofsightagain,andthepedestriancameintoview.Hewasaschoolboy,withabagslungoverhisshouldercontaininghisdinner,andabookinhishand.Hepausedbythegate,and,withoutlookingup,continuedmurmuringwordsintonesquiteloudenoughtoreachherears.

           "’OLord,OLord,OLord,OLord,OLord’:thatIknowouto’book.’Giveus,giveus,giveus,giveus,giveus’:thatIknow.’Gracethat,gracethat,gracethat,gracethat’:thatIknow."Otherwordsfollowedtothesameeffect.

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