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XLVI. The Gurgoyle: Its Doings

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           "Oh!Gabrielhasbeenherethismorning!"

           "Onlyjustlookedininpassingquiteinhisoldway,whichIthoughthehadleftofflately.Butthetowerspoutsusedtospatteronthestones,andwearepuzzled,forthiswasliketheboilingofapot."

           Notbeingabletoread,think,orwork,BathshebaaskedLiddytostayandbreakfastwithher.Thetongueofthemorechildishwomanstillranuponrecentevents."Areyougoingacrosstothechurch,ma’am?"sheasked.

           "NotthatIknowof,"saidBathsheba.

           "IthoughtyoumightliketogoandseewheretheyhaveputFanny.Thetreeshidetheplacefromyourwindow."

           Bathshebahadallsortsofdreadsaboutmeetingherhusband."HasMr.Troybeeninto-night?"shesaid.

           "No,ma’am;Ithinkhe’sgonetoBudmouth."

           Budmouth!Thesoundofthewordcarriedwithitamuchdiminishedperspectiveofhimandhisdeeds;therewerethirteenmilesintervalbetwixtthemnow.ShehatedquestioningLiddyaboutherhusband’smovements,andindeedhadhithertosedulouslyavoideddoingso;butnowallthehouseknewthattherehadbeensomedreadfuldisagreementbetweenthem,anditwasfutiletoattemptdisguise.Bathshebahadreachedastageatwhichpeopleceasetohaveanyappreciativeregardforpublicopinion.

           "Whatmakesyouthinkhehasgonethere?"shesaid.

           "LabanTallsawhimontheBudmouthroadthismorningbeforebreakfast."

           Bathshebawasmomentarilyrelievedofthatwaywardheavinessofthepasttwenty-fourhourswhichhadquenchedthevitalityofyouthinherwithoutsubstitutingthephilosophyofmatureryears,andsheresolvedtogooutandwalkalittleway.

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