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IV. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure

           AndthesamemightbesaidoftheconventionalfigureofFatherChristmas,withhisgiganticclub,anolderman,whoaccompaniedthebandasgeneralprotectorinlongnightjourneysfromparishtoparish,andwasbearerofthepurse.

           Seveno’clock,thehouroftherehearsal,cameround,andinashorttimeEustaciacouldhearvoicesinthefuelhouse.Todissipateinsometriflingmeasureherabidingsenseofthemurkinessofhumanlifeshewenttothe“linhay”orlean-toshed,whichformedtheroot-storeoftheirdwellingandabuttedonthefuelhouse.Herewasasmallroughholeinthemudwall,originallymadeforpigeons,throughwhichtheinteriorofthenextshedcouldbeviewed.Alightcamefromitnow;andEustaciasteppeduponastooltolookinuponthescene.

           Onaledgeinthefuelhousestoodthreetallrushlightsandbythelightofthemsevenoreightladsweremarchingabout,haranguing,andconfusingeachother,inendeavourstoperfectthemselvesintheplay.HumphreyandSam,thefurze-andturf-cutters,weretherelookingon,soalsowasTimothyFairway,wholeantagainstthewallandpromptedtheboysfrommemory,interspersingamongthesetwordsremarksandanecdotesofthesuperiordayswhenheandothersweretheEgdonmummers-electthattheseladswerenow.

           “Well,yebeaswelluptoitaseveryewillbe,”hesaid.“Notthatsuchmummingwouldhavepassedinourtime.HarryastheSaracenshouldstrutabitmore,andJohnneedn’thollerhisinsideout.Beyondthatperhapsyou’lldo.Haveyougotallyourclothesready?”

           “WeshallbyMonday.

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