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I. Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident

           ItmaybementionedthatOak’sfobbeingdifficultofaccess,byreasonofitssomewhathighsituationinthewaistbandofhistrousers(whichalsolayataremoteheightunderhiswaistcoat),thewatchwasasanecessitypulledoutbythrowingthebodytooneside,compressingthemouthandfacetoameremassofruddyfleshonaccountoftheexertionrequired,anddrawingupthewatchbyitschain,likeabucketfromawell.

           Butsomethoughtfulpersons,whohadseenhimwalkingacrossoneofhisfieldsonacertainDecembermorningsunnyandexceedinglymildmighthaveregardedGabrielOakinotheraspectsthanthese.Inhisfaceonemightnoticethatmanyofthehuesandcurvesofyouthhadtarriedontomanhood:thereevenremainedinhisremotercranniessomerelicsoftheboy.Hisheightandbreadthwouldhavebeensufficienttomakehispresenceimposing,hadtheybeenexhibitedwithdueconsideration.Butthereisawaysomemenhave,ruralandurbanalike,forwhichthemindismoreresponsiblethanfleshandsinew:itisawayofcurtailingtheirdimensionsbytheirmannerofshowingthem.Andfromaquietmodestythatwouldhavebecomeavestal,whichseemedcontinuallytoimpressuponhimthathehadnogreatclaimontheworld’sroom,Oakwalkedunassuminglyandwithafaintlyperceptiblebend,yetdistinctfromabowingoftheshoulders.Thismaybesaidtobeadefectinanindividualifhedependsforhisvaluationmoreuponhisappearancethanuponhiscapacitytowearwell,whichOakdidnot.

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