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XLV. Troy's Romanticism

           Hiswalkwastowardsthechurchyard,enteringwhichhesearchedaroundtillhefoundanewlydugunoccupiedgravethegravedugthedaybeforeforFanny.Thepositionofthishavingbeenmarked,hehastenedontoCasterbridge,onlypausingandmusingforawhileatthehillwhereonhehadlastseenFannyalive.

           Reachingthetown,Troydescendedintoasidestreetandenteredapairofgatessurmountedbyaboardbearingthewords,"Lester,stoneandmarblemason."Withinwerelyingaboutstonesofallsizesanddesigns,inscribedasbeingsacredtothememoryofunnamedpersonswhohadnotyetdied.

           Troywassounlikehimselfnowinlook,word,anddeed,thatthewantoflikenesswasperceptibleeventohisownconsciousness.Hismethodofengaginghimselfinthisbusinessofpurchasingatombwasthatofanabsolutelyunpractisedman.Hecouldnotbringhimselftoconsider,calculate,oreconomize.Hewaywardlywishedforsomething,andhesetaboutobtainingitlikeachildinanursery."Iwantagoodtomb,"hesaidtothemanwhostoodinalittleofficewithintheyard."Iwantasgoodaoneasyoucangivemefortwenty-sevenpounds."

           Itwasallthemoneyhepossessed.

           "Thatsumtoincludeeverything?"

           "Everything.Cuttingthename,carriagetoWeatherbury,anderection.AndIwantitnow,atonce."

           "Wecouldnotgetanythingspecialworkedthisweek."

           "Imusthaveitnow."

           "Ifyouwouldlikeoneoftheseinstockitcouldbegotreadyimmediately."

           "Verywell,"saidTroy,impatiently."Let’sseewhatyouhave."

           "ThebestIhaveinstockisthisone,"saidthestone-cutter,goingintoashed.

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