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XXXIV. Home Again—A Trickster

           Thelampfixedtotheheadofthehoodilluminatedascarletandgildedform,whowasthefirsttoalight.

           "Ah!"saidBoldwoodtohimself,"cometoseeheragain."

           Troyenteredthecarrier’shouse,whichhadbeentheplaceofhislodgingonhislastvisittohisnativeplace.Boldwoodwasmovedbyasuddendetermination.Hehastenedhome.Intenminuteshewasbackagain,andmadeasifheweregoingtocalluponTroyatthecarrier’s.Butasheapproached,someoneopenedthedoorandcameout.Heheardthispersonsay"Good-night"totheinmates,andthevoicewasTroy’s.Thiswasstrange,comingsoimmediatelyafterhisarrival.Boldwood,however,hasteneduptohim.Troyhadwhatappearedtobeacarpet-baginhishandthesamethathehadbroughtwithhim.Itseemedasifheweregoingtoleaveagainthisverynight.

           Troyturnedupthehillandquickenedhispace.Boldwoodsteppedforward.

           "SergeantTroy?"

           "YesI’mSergeantTroy."

           "Justarrivedfromupthecountry,Ithink?"

           "JustarrivedfromBath."

           "IamWilliamBoldwood."

           "Indeed."

           ThetoneinwhichthiswordwasutteredwasallthathadbeenwantedtobringBoldwoodtothepoint.

           "Iwishtospeakawordwithyou,"hesaid.

           "Whatabout?"

           "Aboutherwholivesjustaheadthereandaboutawomanyouhavewronged."

           "Iwonderatyourimpertinence,"saidTroy,movingon.

           "Nowlookhere,"saidBoldwood,standinginfrontofhim,"wonderornot,youaregoingtoholdaconversationwithme."

           TroyheardthedulldeterminationinBoldwood’svoice,lookedathisstalwartframe,thenatthethickcudgelhecarriedinhishand.

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