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XLII. Joseph and His Burden—Buck's Head

           

           Oneofthementhensteppedupbesideit,tookfromhispocketalumpofchalk,andwroteuponthecoverthenameandafewotherwordsinalargescrawlinghand.(Webelievethattheydothesethingsmoretenderlynow,andprovideaplate.)Hecoveredthewholewithablackcloth,threadbare,butdecent,thetail-boardofthewaggonwasreturnedtoitsplace,oneofthemenhandedacertificateofregistrytoPoorgrass,andbothenteredthedoor,closingitbehindthem.Theirconnectionwithher,shortasithadbeen,wasoverforever.

           Josephthenplacedtheflowersasenjoined,andtheevergreensaroundtheflowers,tillitwasdifficulttodivinewhatthewaggoncontained;hesmackedhiswhip,andtheratherpleasingfuneralcarcreptdownthehill,andalongtheroadtoWeatherbury.

           Theafternoondrewonapace,and,lookingtotherighttowardstheseaashewalkedbesidethehorse,Poorgrasssawstrangecloudsandscrollsofmistrollingoverthelongridgeswhichgirtthelandscapeinthatquarter.Theycameinyetgreatervolumes,andindolentlycreptacrosstheinterveningvalleys,andaroundthewitheredpaperyflagsofthemoorandriverbrinks.Thentheirdankspongyformsclosedinuponthesky.Itwasasuddenovergrowthofatmosphericfungiwhichhadtheirrootsintheneighbouringsea,andbythetimethathorse,man,andcorpseenteredYalburyGreatWood,thesesilentworkingsofaninvisiblehandhadreachedthem,andtheywerecompletelyenveloped,thisbeingthefirstarrivaloftheautumnfogs,andthefirstfogoftheseries.

           Theairwasasaneyesuddenlystruckblind.

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