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XVIII. Boldwood in Meditation—Regret

           ItwasthatperiodinthevernalquarterwhenwemaysupposetheDryadstobewakingfortheseason.Thevegetableworldbeginstomoveandswellandthesapstorise,tillinthecompletestsilenceoflonegardensandtracklessplantations,whereeverythingseemshelplessandstillafterthebondandslaveryoffrost,therearebustlings,strainings,unitedthrusts,andpulls-all-together,incomparisonwithwhichthepowerfultugsofcranesandpulleysinanoisycityarebutpigmyefforts.

           Boldwood,lookingintothedistantmeadows,sawtherethreefigures.TheywerethoseofMissEverdene,ShepherdOak,andCainyBall.

           WhenBathsheba’sfigureshoneuponthefarmer’seyesitlightedhimupasthemoonlightsupagreattower.Aman’sbodyisastheshell,orthetablet,ofhissoul,asheisreservedoringenuous,overflowingorself-contained.TherewasachangeinBoldwood’sexteriorfromitsformerimpassibleness;andhisfaceshowedthathewasnowlivingoutsidehisdefencesforthefirsttime,andwithafearfulsenseofexposure.Itistheusualexperienceofstrongnatureswhentheylove.

           Atlasthearrivedataconclusion.Itwastogoacrossandinquireboldlyofher.

           Theinsulationofhisheartbyreserveduringthesemanyyears,withoutachannelofanykindfordisposableemotion,hadworkeditseffect.Ithasbeenobservedmorethanoncethatthecausesoflovearechieflysubjective,andBoldwoodwasalivingtestimonytothetruthoftheproposition.Nomotherexistedtoabsorbhisdevotion,nosisterforhistenderness,noidletiesforsense.

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