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II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble

           

           Todothingsmusingly,andbysmalldegrees,seemed,indeed,tobeadutyintheEgdonvalleysatthistransitionalhour,fortherewasthatintheconditionoftheheathitselfwhichresembledprotractedandhaltingdubiousness.Itwasthequalityofthereposeappertainingtothescene.Thiswasnotthereposeofactualstagnation,buttheapparentreposeofincredibleslowness.Aconditionofhealthylifesonearlyresemblingthetorporofdeathisanoticeablethingofitssort;toexhibittheinertnessofthedesert,andatthesametimetobeexercisingpowersakintothoseofthemeadow,andevenoftheforest,awakenedinthosewhothoughtofittheattentivenessusuallyengenderedbyunderstatementandreserve.

           Thescenebeforethereddleman’seyeswasagradualseriesofascentsfromtheleveloftheroadbackwardintotheheartoftheheath.Itembracedhillocks,pits,ridges,acclivities,onebehindtheother,tillallwasfinishedbyahighhillcuttingagainstthestilllightsky.Thetraveller’seyehoveredaboutthesethingsforatime,andfinallysettledupononenoteworthyobjectupthere.Itwasabarrow.Thisbossyprojectionofearthaboveitsnaturalleveloccupiedtheloftiestgroundoftheloneliestheightthattheheathcontained.AlthoughfromthevaleitappearedbutasawartonanAtlanteanbrow,itsactualbulkwasgreat.Itformedthepoleandaxisofthisheatheryworld.

           Astherestingmanlookedatthebarrowhebecameawarethatitssummit,hithertothehighestobjectinthewholeprospectround,wassurmountedbysomethinghigher.

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