XIX. The Sheep-Washing—The Offer

           

           Boldwooddideventuallycalluponher.Shewasnotathome."Ofcoursenot,"hemurmured.IncontemplatingBathshebaasawoman,hehadforgottentheaccidentsofherpositionasanagriculturistthatbeingasmuchofafarmer,andasextensiveafarmer,ashimself,herprobablewhereaboutswasout-of-doorsatthistimeoftheyear.This,andtheotheroversightsBoldwoodwasguiltyof,werenaturaltothemood,andstillmorenaturaltothecircumstances.Thegreataidstoidealizationinlovewerepresenthere:occasionalobservationofherfromadistance,andtheabsenceofsocialintercoursewithhervisualfamiliarity,oralstrangeness.Thesmallerhumanelementswerekeptoutofsight;thepettinessesthatentersolargelyintoallearthlylivinganddoingweredisguisedbytheaccidentofloverandloved-onenotbeingonvisitingterms;andtherewashardlyawakenedathoughtinBoldwoodthatsorryhouseholdrealitiesappertainedtoher,orthatshe,likeallothers,hadmomentsofcommonplace,whentobeleastplainlyseenwastobemostprettilyremembered.Thusamildsortofapotheosistookplaceinhisfancy,whilstshestilllivedandbreathedwithinhisownhorizon,atroubledcreaturelikehimself.

           ItwastheendofMaywhenthefarmerdeterminedtobenolongerrepulsedbytrivialitiesordistractedbysuspense.Hehadbythistimegrownusedtobeinginlove;thepassionnowstartledhimlessevenwhenittorturedhimmore,andhefelthimselfadequatetothesituation.Oninquiringforheratherhousetheyhadtoldhimshewasatthesheep-washing,andhewentofftoseekherthere.

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