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These
somewhat
pathetic
evidences
of
a
mind
crazed
with
care
and
love
were
the
subject
of
discourse
in
Warren
’
s
malt
-
house
when
Oak
entered
from
Casterbridge
with
tidings
of
sentence
.
He
came
in
the
afternoon
,
and
his
face
,
as
the
kiln
glow
shone
upon
it
,
told
the
tale
sufficiently
well
.
Boldwood
,
as
every
one
supposed
he
would
do
,
had
pleaded
guilty
,
and
had
been
sentenced
to
death
.
The
conviction
that
Boldwood
had
not
been
morally
responsible
for
his
later
acts
now
became
general
.
Facts
elicited
previous
to
the
trial
had
pointed
strongly
in
the
same
direction
,
but
they
had
not
been
of
sufficient
weight
to
lead
to
an
order
for
an
examination
into
the
state
of
Boldwood
’
s
mind
.
It
was
astonishing
,
now
that
a
presumption
of
insanity
was
raised
,
how
many
collateral
circumstances
were
remembered
to
which
a
condition
of
mental
disease
seemed
to
afford
the
only
explanation
—
among
others
,
the
unprecedented
neglect
of
his
corn
stacks
in
the
previous
summer
.
A
petition
was
addressed
to
the
Home
Secretary
,
advancing
the
circumstances
which
appeared
to
justify
a
request
for
a
reconsideration
of
the
sentence
.
It
was
not
"
numerously
signed
"
by
the
inhabitants
of
Casterbridge
,
as
is
usual
in
such
cases
,
for
Boldwood
had
never
made
many
friends
over
the
counter
.
The
shops
thought
it
very
natural
that
a
man
who
,
by
importing
direct
from
the
producer
,
had
daringly
set
aside
the
first
great
principle
of
provincial
existence
,
namely
that
God
made
country
villages
to
supply
customers
to
county
towns
,
should
have
confused
ideas
about
the
Decalogue
.
The
prompters
were
a
few
merciful
men
who
had
perhaps
too
feelingly
considered
the
facts
latterly
unearthed
,
and
the
result
was
that
evidence
was
taken
which
it
was
hoped
might
remove
the
crime
in
a
moral
point
of
view
,
out
of
the
category
of
wilful
murder
,
and
lead
it
to
be
regarded
as
a
sheer
outcome
of
madness
.
The
upshot
of
the
petition
was
waited
for
in
Weatherbury
with
solicitous
interest
.
The
execution
had
been
fixed
for
eight
o
’
clock
on
a
Saturday
morning
about
a
fortnight
after
the
sentence
was
passed
,
and
up
to
Friday
afternoon
no
answer
had
been
received
.
At
that
time
Gabriel
came
from
Casterbridge
Gaol
,
whither
he
had
been
to
wish
Boldwood
good
-
bye
,
and
turned
down
a
by
-
street
to
avoid
the
town
.
When
past
the
last
house
he
heard
a
hammering
,
and
lifting
his
bowed
head
he
looked
back
for
a
moment
.
Over
the
chimneys
he
could
see
the
upper
part
of
the
gaol
entrance
,
rich
and
glowing
in
the
afternoon
sun
,
and
some
moving
figures
were
there
.
They
were
carpenters
lifting
a
post
into
a
vertical
position
within
the
parapet
.
He
withdrew
his
eyes
quickly
,
and
hastened
on
.
It
was
dark
when
he
reached
home
,
and
half
the
village
was
out
to
meet
him
.
"
No
tidings
,
"
Gabriel
said
,
wearily
.
"
And
I
’
m
afraid
there
’
s
no
hope
.
I
’
ve
been
with
him
more
than
two
hours
.
"
"
Do
ye
think
he
really
was
out
of
his
mind
when
he
did
it
?
"
said
Smallbury
.
"
I
can
’
t
honestly
say
that
I
do
,
"
Oak
replied
.
"
However
,
that
we
can
talk
of
another
time
.
Has
there
been
any
change
in
mistress
this
afternoon
?
"
"
None
at
all
.
"
