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VI. The Fair—The Journey—The Fire

           

           Oncomingclose,hefoundtherewerenohorsesattachedtoit,thespotbeingapparentlyquitedeserted.Thewaggon,fromitsposition,seemedtohavebeenleftthereforthenight,forbeyondabouthalfatrussofhaywhichwasheapedinthebottom,itwasquiteempty.Gabrielsatdownontheshaftsofthevehicleandconsideredhisposition.Hecalculatedthathehadwalkedaveryfairproportionofthejourney;andhavingbeenonfootsincedaybreak,hefelttemptedtoliedownuponthehayinthewaggoninsteadofpushingontothevillageofWeatherbury,andhavingtopayforalodging.

           Eatinghislastslicesofbreadandham,anddrinkingfromthebottleofciderhehadtakentheprecautiontobringwithhim,hegotintothelonelywaggon.Herehespreadhalfofthehayasabed,and,aswellashecouldinthedarkness,pulledtheotherhalfoverhimbywayofbed-clothes,coveringhimselfentirely,andfeeling,physically,ascomfortableaseverhehadbeeninhislife.InwardmelancholyitwasimpossibleforamanlikeOak,introspectivefarbeyondhisneighbours,tobanishquite,whilstconningthepresentuntowardpageofhishistory.So,thinkingofhismisfortunes,amorousandpastoral,hefellasleep,shepherdsenjoying,incommonwithsailors,theprivilegeofbeingabletosummonthegodinsteadofhavingtowaitforhim.

           Onsomewhatsuddenlyawaking,afterasleepofwhoselengthhehadnoidea,Oakfoundthatthewaggonwasinmotion.

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