Subject for February, 2020
CHAPTER XXXVII THE STORM—THE TWO TOGETHER
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
A light flapped over the scene, as if reflected from phosphorescent wings crossing the sky, and a rumble filled the air. It was the first move of the approaching storm. The seco...
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CHAPTER XXXVI WEALTH IN JEOPARDY—THE REVEL
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
One night, at the end of August, when Bathsheba’s experiences as a married woman were still new, and when the weather was yet dry and sultry, a man stood motionless in the...
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CHAPTER XXXV AT AN UPPER WINDOW
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
It was very early the next morning—a time of sun and dew. The confused beginnings of many birds’ songs spread into the healthy air, and the wan blue of the heaven was here...
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CHAPTER XXXIV HOME AGAIN—A TRICKSTER
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
That same evening at dusk Gabriel was leaning over Coggan’s garden-gate, taking an up-and-down survey before retiring to rest. A vehicle of some kind was softly creeping a...
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CHAPTER XXXIII IN THE SUN—A HARBINGER
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
A week passed, and there were no tidings of Bathsheba; nor was there any explanation of her Gilpin’s rig. Then a note came for Maryann, stating that the business which had...
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CHAPTER XXXII NIGHT—HORSES TRAMPING
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
The village of Weatherbury was quiet as the graveyard in its midst, and the living were lying well-nigh as still as the dead. The church clock struck eleven. The air was so empt...
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CHAPTER XXXI BLAME—FURY
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
The next evening Bathsheba, with the idea of getting out of the way of Mr. Boldwood in the event of his returning to answer her note in person, proceeded to fulfil an engagement...
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CHAPTER XXX HOT CHEEKS AND TEARFUL EYES
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
Half an hour later Bathsheba entered her own house. There burnt upon her face when she met the light of the candles the flush and excitement which were little less than chronic ...
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CHAPTER XXIX PARTICULARS OF A TWILIGHT WALK
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
We now see the element of folly distinctly mingling with the many varying particulars which made up the character of Bathsheba Everdene. It was almost foreign to her intrinsic n...
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CHAPTER XXVIII THE HOLLOW AMID THE FERNS
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
The hill opposite Bathsheba’s dwelling extended, a mile off, into an uncultivated tract of land, dotted at this season with tall thickets of brake fern, plump and diaphano...
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