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           This,however,couldnotbehelped;shewouldnot,onanyconsideration,treatBoldwoodharshly,havingoncealreadyill-usedhim,andthemoonhavingrisen,andthegigbeingready,shedroveacrossthehilltopinthewendingway’swhichleddownwardstoobliviousobscurity,asitseemed,forthemoonandthehillitfloodedwithlightwereinappearanceonalevel,therestoftheworldlyingasavastshadyconcavebetweenthem.Boldwoodmountedhishorse,andfollowedincloseattendancebehind.Thustheydescendedintothelowlands,andthesoundsofthoseleftonthehillcamelikevoicesfromthesky,andthelightswereasthoseofacampinheaven.Theysoonpassedthemerrystragglersintheimmediatevicinityofthehill,traversedKingsbere,andgotuponthehighroad.

           ThekeeninstinctsofBathshebahadperceivedthatthefarmer’sstaunchdevotiontoherselfwasstillundiminished,andshesympathizeddeeply.Thesighthadquitedepressedherthisevening;hadremindedherofherfolly;shewishedanew,asshehadwishedmanymonthsago,forsomemeansofmakingreparationforherfault.HenceherpityforthemanwhosopersistentlylovedontohisowninjuryandpermanentgloomhadbetrayedBathshebaintoaninjudiciousconsideratenessofmanner,whichappearedalmostliketenderness,andgavenewvigourtotheexquisitedreamofaJacob’ssevenyearsserviceinpoorBoldwood’smind.

           Hesoonfoundanexcuseforadvancingfromhispositionintherear,androdeclosebyherside.

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