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He
accompanied
the
lad
into
the
heath
on
his
way
home
,
and
,
returning
alone
to
the
house
a
quarter
of
an
hour
later
,
found
Venn
and
Thomasin
ready
to
start
,
all
the
guests
having
departed
in
his
absence
.
The
wedded
pair
took
their
seats
in
the
four
-
wheeled
dogcart
which
Venn
’
s
head
milker
and
handy
man
had
driven
from
Stickleford
to
fetch
them
in
;
little
Eustacia
and
the
nurse
were
packed
securely
upon
the
open
flap
behind
;
and
the
milker
,
on
an
ancient
overstepping
pony
,
whose
shoes
clashed
like
cymbals
at
every
tread
,
rode
in
the
rear
,
in
the
manner
of
a
body
-
servant
of
the
last
century
.
“
Now
we
leave
you
in
absolute
possession
of
your
own
house
again
,
”
said
Thomasin
as
she
bent
down
to
wish
her
cousin
good
night
.
“
It
will
be
rather
lonely
for
you
,
Clym
,
after
the
hubbub
we
have
been
making
.
”
“
O
,
that
’
s
no
inconvenience
,
”
said
Clym
,
smiling
rather
sadly
.
And
then
the
party
drove
off
and
vanished
in
the
night
shades
,
and
Yeobright
entered
the
house
.
The
ticking
of
the
clock
was
the
only
sound
that
greeted
him
,
for
not
a
soul
remained
;
Christian
,
who
acted
as
cook
,
valet
,
and
gardener
to
Clym
,
sleeping
at
his
father
’
s
house
.
Yeobright
sat
down
in
one
of
the
vacant
chairs
,
and
remained
in
thought
a
long
time
.
His
mother
’
s
old
chair
was
opposite
;
it
had
been
sat
in
that
evening
by
those
who
had
scarcely
remembered
that
it
ever
was
hers
.
But
to
Clym
she
was
almost
a
presence
there
,
now
as
always
.
Whatever
she
was
in
other
people
’
s
memories
,
in
his
she
was
the
sublime
saint
whose
radiance
even
his
tenderness
for
Eustacia
could
not
obscure
.
But
his
heart
was
heavy
,
that
Mother
had
NOT
crowned
him
in
the
day
of
his
espousals
and
in
the
day
of
the
gladness
of
his
heart
.
And
events
had
borne
out
the
accuracy
of
her
judgment
,
and
proved
the
devotedness
of
her
care
.
He
should
have
heeded
her
for
Eustacia
’
s
sake
even
more
than
for
his
own
.
“
It
was
all
my
fault
,
”
he
whispered
.
“
O
,
my
mother
,
my
mother
!
would
to
God
that
I
could
live
my
life
again
,
and
endure
for
you
what
you
endured
for
me
!
”
On
the
Sunday
after
this
wedding
an
unusual
sight
was
to
be
seen
on
Rainbarrow
.
From
a
distance
there
simply
appeared
to
be
a
motionless
figure
standing
on
the
top
of
the
tumulus
,
just
as
Eustacia
had
stood
on
that
lonely
summit
some
two
years
and
a
half
before
.
But
now
it
was
fine
warm
weather
,
with
only
a
summer
breeze
blowing
,
and
early
afternoon
instead
of
dull
twilight
.
Those
who
ascended
to
the
immediate
neighbourhood
of
the
Barrow
perceived
that
the
erect
form
in
the
centre
,
piercing
the
sky
,
was
not
really
alone
.
Round
him
upon
the
slopes
of
the
Barrow
a
number
of
heathmen
and
women
were
reclining
or
sitting
at
their
ease
.
They
listened
to
the
words
of
the
man
in
their
midst
,
who
was
preaching
,
while
they
abstractedly
pulled
heather
,
stripped
ferns
,
or
tossed
pebbles
down
the
slope
.
This
was
the
first
of
a
series
of
moral
lectures
or
Sermons
on
the
Mount
,
which
were
to
be
delivered
from
the
same
place
every
Sunday
afternoon
as
long
as
the
fine
weather
lasted
.
The
commanding
elevation
of
Rainbarrow
had
been
chosen
for
two
reasons
:
first
,
that
it
occupied
a
central
position
among
the
remote
cottages
around
;
secondly
,
that
the
preacher
thereon
could
be
seen
from
all
adjacent
points
as
soon
as
he
arrived
at
his
post
,
the
view
of
him
being
thus
a
convenient
signal
to
those
stragglers
who
wished
to
draw
near
.
The
speaker
was
bareheaded
,
and
the
breeze
at
each
waft
gently
lifted
and
lowered
his
hair
,
somewhat
too
thin
for
a
man
of
his
years
,
these
still
numbering
less
than
thirty
-
three
.
He
wore
a
shade
over
his
eyes
,
and
his
face
was
pensive
and
lined
;
but
,
though
these
bodily
features
were
marked
with
decay
there
was
no
defect
in
the
tones
of
his
voice
,
which
were
rich
,
musical
,
and
stirring
.
He
stated
that
his
discourses
to
people
were
to
be
sometimes
secular
,
and
sometimes
religious
,
but
never
dogmatic
;
and
that
his
texts
would
be
taken
from
all
kinds
of
books
.
This
afternoon
the
words
were
as
follows
:
—
“
’
And
the
king
rose
up
to
meet
her
,
and
bowed
himself
unto
her
,
and
sat
down
on
his
throne
,
and
caused
a
seat
to
be
set
for
the
king
’
s
mother
;
and
she
sat
on
his
right
hand
.
Then
she
said
,
I
desire
one
small
petition
of
thee
;
I
pray
thee
say
me
not
nay
.
And
the
king
said
unto
her
,
Ask
,
on
,
my
mother
:
for
I
will
not
say
thee
nay
’
”
Yeobright
had
,
in
fact
,
found
his
vocation
in
the
career
of
an
itinerant
open
-
air
preacher
and
lecturer
on
morally
unimpeachable
subjects
;
and
from
this
day
he
laboured
incessantly
in
that
office
,
speaking
not
only
in
simple
language
on
Rainbarrow
and
in
the
hamlets
round
,
but
in
a
more
cultivated
strain
elsewhere
—
from
the
steps
and
porticoes
of
town
halls
,
from
market
-
crosses
,
from
conduits
,
on
esplanades
and
on
wharves
,
from
the
parapets
of
bridges
,
in
barns
and
outhouses
,
and
all
other
such
places
in
the
neighbouring
Wessex
towns
and
villages
.
He
left
alone
creeds
and
systems
of
philosophy
,
finding
enough
and
more
than
enough
to
occupy
his
tongue
in
the
opinions
and
actions
common
to
all
good
men
.
Some
believed
him
,
and
some
believed
not
;
some
said
that
his
words
were
commonplace
,
others
complained
of
his
want
of
theological
doctrine
;
while
others
again
remarked
that
it
was
well
enough
for
a
man
to
take
to
preaching
who
could
not
see
to
do
anything
else
.
But
everywhere
he
was
kindly
received
,
for
the
story
of
his
life
had
become
generally
known
.