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XLV. Troy's Romanticism

           "Here’samarbleheadstonebeautifullycrocketed,withmedallionsbeneathoftypicalsubjects;here’sthefootstoneafterthesamepattern,andhere’sthecopingtoenclosethegrave.Thepolishingaloneofthesetcostmeelevenpoundstheslabsarethebestoftheirkind,andIcanwarrantthemtoresistrainandfrostforahundredyearswithoutflying."

           "Andhowmuch?"

           "Well,Icouldaddthename,andputitupatWeatherburyforthesumyoumention."

           "Getitdoneto-day,andI’llpaythemoneynow."

           Themanagreed,andwonderedatsuchamoodinavisitorwhoworenotashredofmourning.Troythenwrotethewordswhichweretoformtheinscription,settledtheaccountandwentaway.Intheafternoonhecamebackagain,andfoundthattheletteringwasalmostdone.Hewaitedintheyardtillthetombwaspacked,andsawitplacedinthecartandstartingonitswaytoWeatherbury,givingdirectionstothetwomenwhoweretoaccompanyittoinquireofthesextonforthegraveofthepersonnamedintheinscription.

           ItwasquitedarkwhenTroycameoutofCasterbridge.Hecarriedratheraheavybasketuponhisarm,withwhichhestrodemoodilyalongtheroad,restingoccasionallyatbridgesandgates,whereonhedepositedhisburdenforatime.Midwayonhisjourneyhemet,returninginthedarkness,themenandthewaggonwhichhadconveyedthetomb.Hemerelyinquirediftheworkwasdone,and,onbeingassuredthatitwas,passedonagain.

           TroyenteredWeatherburychurchyardaboutteno’clockandwentimmediatelytothecornerwherehehadmarkedthevacantgraveearlyinthemorning.

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