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VI. The Fair—The Journey—The Fire

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           BathshebahadprobablyleftWeatherburylongbeforethistime,buttheplacehadenoughinterestattachingtoittoleadOaktochooseShottsfordfairashisnextfieldofinquiry,becauseitlayintheWeatherburyquarter.Moreover,theWeatherburyfolkwerebynomeansuninterestingintrinsically.Ifreportspoketrulytheywereashardy,merry,thriving,wickedasetasanyinthewholecounty.OakresolvedtosleepatWeatherburythatnightonhiswaytoShottsford,andstruckoutatonceintothehighroadwhichhadbeenrecommendedasthedirectroutetothevillageinquestion.

           Theroadstretchedthroughwater-meadowstraversedbylittlebrooks,whosequiveringsurfaceswerebraidedalongtheircentres,andfoldedintocreasesatthesides;or,wheretheflowwasmorerapid,thestreamwaspiedwithspotsofwhitefroth,whichrodeoninundisturbedserenity.Onthehigherlevelsthedeadanddrycarcassesofleavestappedthegroundastheybowledalonghelter-skelterupontheshouldersofthewind,andlittlebirdsinthehedgeswererustlingtheirfeathersandtuckingthemselvesincomfortablyforthenight,retainingtheirplacesifOakkeptmoving,butflyingawayifhestoppedtolookatthem.HepassedbyYalburyWoodwherethegame-birdswererisingtotheirroosts,andheardthecrack-voicedcock-pheasants"cu-uck,cuck,"andthewheezywhistleofthehens.

           Bythetimehehadwalkedthreeorfourmileseveryshapeinthelandscapehadassumedauniformhueofblackness.HedescendedYalburyHillandcouldjustdiscernaheadofhimawaggon,drawnupunderagreatover-hangingtreebytheroadside.

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