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XXXIV. Home Again—A Trickster

           

           BoldwoodhadnotbeenoutsidehisgardensincehismeetingwithBathshebaintheroadtoYalbury.Silentandalone,hehadremainedinmoodymeditationonwoman’sways,deemingasessentialsofthewholesextheaccidentsofthesingleoneoftheirnumberhehadevercloselybeheld.Bydegreesamorecharitabletemperhadpervadedhim,andthiswasthereasonofhissallyto-night.HehadcometoapologizeandbegforgivenessofBathshebawithsomethinglikeasenseofshameathisviolence,havingbutjustnowlearntthatshehadreturnedonlyfromavisittoLiddy,ashesupposed,theBathescapadebeingquiteunknowntohim.

           HeinquiredforMissEverdene.Liddy’smannerwasodd,buthedidnotnoticeit.Shewentin,leavinghimstandingthere,andinherabsencetheblindoftheroomcontainingBathshebawaspulleddown.Boldwoodauguredillfromthatsign.Liddycameout.

           "Mymistresscannotseeyou,sir,"shesaid.

           Thefarmerinstantlywentoutbythegate.Hewasunforgiventhatwastheissueofitall.Hehadseenherwhowastohimsimultaneouslyadelightandatorture,sittingintheroomhehadsharedwithherasapeculiarlyprivilegedguestonlyalittleearlierinthesummer,andshehaddeniedhimanentrancetherenow.

           Boldwooddidnothurryhomeward.Itwasteno’clockatleast,when,walkingdeliberatelythroughthelowerpartofWeatherbury,heheardthecarrier’sspringvanenteringthevillage.Thevanrantoandfromatowninanortherndirection,anditwasownedanddrivenbyaWeatherburyman,atthedoorofwhosehouseitnowpulledup.

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