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XIX. The Sheep-Washing—The Offer

           Flagonsofciderwererollingaboutuponthegreen.ThemeeksheepwerepushedintothepoolbyCogganandMatthewMoon,whostoodbythelowerhatch,immersedtotheirwaists;thenGabriel,whostoodonthebrink,thrustthemunderastheyswamalong,withaninstrumentlikeacrutch,formedforthepurpose,andalsoforassistingtheexhaustedanimalswhenthewoolbecamesaturatedandtheybegantosink.Theywereletoutagainstthestream,andthroughtheupperopening,allimpuritiesflowingawaybelow.CainyBallandJoseph,whoperformedthislatteroperation,wereifpossiblewetterthantherest;theyresembleddolphinsunderafountain,everyprotuberanceandangleoftheirclothesdribblingforthasmallrill.

           Boldwoodcamecloseandbadehergoodmorning,withsuchconstraintthatshecouldnotbutthinkhehadsteppedacrosstothewashingforitsownsake,hopingnottofindherthere;more,shefanciedhisbrowsevereandhiseyeslighting.Bathshebaimmediatelycontrivedtowithdraw,andglidedalongbytherivertillshewasastone’sthrowoff.Sheheardfootstepsbrushingthegrass,andhadaconsciousnessthatlovewasencirclingherlikeaperfume.Insteadofturningorwaiting,Bathshebawentfurtheramongthehighsedges,butBoldwoodseemeddetermined,andpressedontilltheywerecompletelypastthebendoftheriver.Here,withoutbeingseen,theycouldhearthesplashingandshoutsofthewashersabove.

           "MissEverdene!"saidthefarmer.

           Shetrembled,turned,andsaid"Goodmorning."Histonewassoutterlyremovedfromallshehadexpectedasabeginning.

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