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XL. On Casterbridge Highway

           

           "Nofurther!"shewhispered,andclosedhereyes.

           Fromthestripeofshadowontheoppositesideofthebridgeaportionofshadeseemedtodetachitselfandmoveintoisolationuponthepalewhiteoftheroad.Itglidednoiselesslytowardstherecumbentwoman.

           Shebecameconsciousofsomethingtouchingherhand;itwassoftnessanditwaswarmth.Sheopenedhereyes,andthesubstancetouchedherface.Adogwaslickinghercheek.

           Hewasahuge,heavy,andquietcreature,standingdarklyagainstthelowhorizon,andatleasttwofeethigherthanthepresentpositionofhereyes.WhetherNewfoundland,mastiff,bloodhound,orwhatnot,itwasimpossibletosay.Heseemedtobeoftoostrangeandmysteriousanaturetobelongtoanyvarietyamongthoseofpopularnomenclature.Beingthusassignabletonobreed,hewastheidealembodimentofcaninegreatnessageneralizationfromwhatwascommontoall.Night,initssad,solemn,andbenevolentaspect,apartfromitsstealthyandcruelside,waspersonifiedinthisform.Darknessendowsthesmallandordinaryonesamongmankindwithpoeticalpower,andeventhesufferingwomanthrewherideaintofigure.

           Inherrecliningpositionshelookeduptohimjustasinearliertimesshehad,whenstanding,lookeduptoaman.Theanimal,whowasashomelessasshe,respectfullywithdrewasteportwowhenthewomanmoved,and,seeingthatshedidnotrepulsehim,helickedherhandagain.

           Athoughtmovedwithinherlikelightning.

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