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She
did
not
reply
at
once
,
and
then
saying
,
"
Good
evening
,
Mr
.
Oak
.
"
went
away
.
She
had
spoken
frankly
,
and
neither
asked
nor
expected
any
reply
from
Gabriel
more
satisfactory
than
that
she
had
obtained
Yet
in
the
centremost
parts
of
her
complicated
heart
there
existed
at
this
minute
a
little
pang
of
disappointment
,
for
a
reason
she
would
not
allow
herself
to
recognize
.
Oak
had
not
once
wished
her
free
that
he
might
marry
her
himself
—
had
not
once
said
,
"
I
could
wait
for
you
as
well
as
he
.
"
That
was
the
insect
sting
.
Not
that
she
would
have
listened
to
any
such
hypothesis
.
O
no
—
for
wasn
’
t
she
saying
all
the
time
that
such
thoughts
of
the
future
were
improper
,
and
wasn
’
t
Gabriel
far
too
poor
a
man
to
speak
sentiment
to
her
?
Yet
he
might
have
just
hinted
about
that
old
love
of
his
,
and
asked
,
in
a
playful
off
-
hand
way
,
if
he
might
speak
of
it
.
It
would
have
seemed
pretty
and
sweet
,
if
no
more
;
and
then
she
would
have
shown
how
kind
and
inoffensive
a
woman
’
s
"
No
"
can
sometimes
be
.
But
to
give
such
cool
advice
—
the
very
advice
she
had
asked
for
—
it
ruffled
our
heroine
all
the
afternoon
.
I
Christmas
-
eve
came
,
and
a
party
that
Boldwood
was
to
give
in
the
evening
was
the
great
subject
of
talk
in
Weatherbury
.
It
was
not
that
the
rarity
of
Christmas
parties
in
the
parish
made
this
one
a
wonder
,
but
that
Boldwood
should
be
the
giver
.
The
announcement
had
had
an
abnormal
and
incongruous
sound
,
as
if
one
should
hear
of
croquet
-
playing
in
a
cathedral
aisle
,
or
that
some
much
-
respected
judge
was
going
upon
the
stage
.
That
the
party
was
intended
to
be
a
truly
jovial
one
there
was
no
room
for
doubt
.
A
large
bough
of
mistletoe
had
been
brought
from
the
woods
that
day
,
and
suspended
in
the
hall
of
the
bachelor
’
s
home
.
Holly
and
ivy
had
followed
in
armfuls
.
From
six
that
morning
till
past
noon
the
huge
wood
fire
in
the
kitchen
roared
and
sparkled
at
its
highest
,
the
kettle
,
the
saucepan
,
and
the
three
-
legged
pot
appearing
in
the
midst
of
the
flames
like
Shadrach
,
Meshach
,
and
Abednego
;
moreover
,
roasting
and
basting
operations
were
continually
carried
on
in
front
of
the
genial
blaze
.
As
it
grew
later
the
fire
was
made
up
in
the
large
long
hall
into
which
the
staircase
descended
,
and
all
encumbrances
were
cleared
out
for
dancing
.
The
log
which
was
to
form
the
back
-
brand
of
the
evening
fire
was
the
uncleft
trunk
of
a
tree
,
so
unwieldy
that
it
could
be
neither
brought
nor
rolled
to
its
place
;
and
accordingly
two
men
were
to
be
observed
dragging
and
heaving
it
in
by
chains
and
levers
as
the
hour
of
assembly
drew
near
.
In
spite
of
all
this
,
the
spirit
of
revelry
was
wanting
in
the
atmosphere
of
the
house
.
Such
a
thing
had
never
been
attempted
before
by
its
owner
,
and
it
was
now
done
as
by
a
wrench
.
Intended
gaieties
would
insist
upon
appearing
like
solemn
grandeurs
,
the
organization
of
the
whole
effort
was
carried
out
coldly
,
by
hirelings
,
and
a
shadow
seemed
to
move
about
the
rooms
,
saying
that
the
proceedings
were
unnatural
to
the
place
and
the
lone
man
who
lived
therein
,
and
hence
not
good
.
II
Bathsheba
was
at
this
time
in
her
room
,
dressing
for
the
event
.
She
had
called
for
candles
,
and
Liddy
entered
and
placed
one
on
each
side
of
her
mistress
’
s
glass
.
