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XLIX. Oak's Advancement—A Great Hope

           Allwasharmoniouslyarrangedatlast,andwenowseeOakmountedonastrongcob,anddailytrottingthelengthandbreadthofabouttwothousandacresinacheerfulspiritofsurveillance,asifthecropsallbelongedtohimtheactualmistressoftheone-halfandthemasteroftheother,sittingintheirrespectivehomesingloomyandsadseclusion.

           Outofthistherearose,duringthespringsucceeding,atalkintheparishthatGabrielOakwasfeatheringhisnestfast.

           "Whateverd’yethink,"saidSusanTall,"GableOakiscomingitquitethedand.Henowwearsshiningbootswithhardlyahobin’em,twoorthreetimesa-week,andatallhata-Sundays,and’ahardlyknowsthenameofsmockfrock.WhenIseepeoplestrutenoughtobecutupintobantamcocks,Istanddormantwithwonder,andsaysnomore!"

           ItwaseventuallyknownthatGabriel,thoughpaidafixedwagebyBathshebaindependentofthefluctuationsofagriculturalprofits,hadmadeanengagementwithBoldwoodbywhichOakwastoreceiveashareofthereceiptsasmallsharecertainly,yetitwasmoneyofahigherqualitythanmerewages,andcapableofexpansioninawaythatwageswerenot.SomewerebeginningtoconsiderOaka"near"man,forthoughhisconditionhadthusfarimproved,helivedinnobetterstylethanbefore,occupyingthesamecottage,paringhisownpotatoes,mendinghisstockings,andsometimesevenmakinghisbedwithhisownhands.

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