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The
scene
within
was
not
quite
the
customary
one
.
Standing
about
the
room
was
the
little
knot
of
men
who
formed
the
chief
part
of
the
Egdon
coterie
,
there
being
present
Fairway
himself
,
Grandfer
Cantle
,
Humphrey
,
Christian
,
and
one
or
two
turf
-
cutters
.
It
was
a
warm
day
,
and
the
men
were
as
a
matter
of
course
in
their
shirtsleeves
,
except
Christian
,
who
had
always
a
nervous
fear
of
parting
with
a
scrap
of
his
clothing
when
in
anybody
’
s
house
but
his
own
.
Across
the
stout
oak
table
in
the
middle
of
the
room
was
thrown
a
mass
of
striped
linen
,
which
Grandfer
Cantle
held
down
on
one
side
,
and
Humphrey
on
the
other
,
while
Fairway
rubbed
its
surface
with
a
yellow
lump
,
his
face
being
damp
and
creased
with
the
effort
of
the
labour
.
“
Waxing
a
bed
-
tick
,
souls
?
”
said
the
newcomer
.
“
Yes
,
Sam
,
”
said
Grandfer
Cantle
,
as
a
man
too
busy
to
waste
words
.
“
Shall
I
stretch
this
corner
a
shade
tighter
,
Timothy
?
”
Fairway
replied
,
and
the
waxing
went
on
with
unabated
vigour
.
“
’
Tis
going
to
be
a
good
bed
,
by
the
look
o
’
t
,
”
continued
Sam
,
after
an
interval
of
silence
.
“
Who
may
it
be
for
?
”
“
’
Tis
a
present
for
the
new
folks
that
’
s
going
to
set
up
housekeeping
,
”
said
Christian
,
who
stood
helpless
and
overcome
by
the
majesty
of
the
proceedings
.
“
Ah
,
to
be
sure
;
and
a
valuable
one
,
’
a
b
’
lieve
.
”
“
Beds
be
dear
to
fokes
that
don
’
t
keep
geese
,
bain
’
t
they
,
Mister
Fairway
?
”
said
Christian
,
as
to
an
omniscient
being
.
“
Yes
,
”
said
the
furze
-
dealer
,
standing
up
,
giving
his
forehead
a
thorough
mopping
,
and
handing
the
beeswax
to
Humphrey
,
who
succeeded
at
the
rubbing
forthwith
.
“
Not
that
this
couple
be
in
want
of
one
,
but
’
twas
well
to
show
’
em
a
bit
of
friendliness
at
this
great
racketing
vagary
of
their
lives
.
I
set
up
both
my
own
daughters
in
one
when
they
was
married
,
and
there
have
been
feathers
enough
for
another
in
the
house
the
last
twelve
months
.
Now
then
,
neighbours
,
I
think
we
have
laid
on
enough
wax
.
Grandfer
Cantle
,
you
turn
the
tick
the
right
way
outwards
,
and
then
I
’
ll
begin
to
shake
in
the
feathers
.
”
When
the
bed
was
in
proper
trim
Fairway
and
Christian
brought
forward
vast
paper
bags
,
stuffed
to
the
full
,
but
light
as
balloons
,
and
began
to
turn
the
contents
of
each
into
the
receptacle
just
prepared
.
As
bag
after
bag
was
emptied
,
airy
tufts
of
down
and
feathers
floated
about
the
room
in
increasing
quantity
till
,
through
a
mishap
of
Christian
’
s
,
who
shook
the
contents
of
one
bag
outside
the
tick
,
the
atmosphere
of
the
room
became
dense
with
gigantic
flakes
,
which
descended
upon
the
workers
like
a
windless
snowstorm
.
