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Updated: May 19, 2025

This was the entrance to the gaol, and over it a lamp was fixed, the light en- abling the wretched traveller to find a bellpull. The small wicket at last opened, and a porter appeared. Boldwood stepped forward, and said some- thing in a low tone, when, after a delay, another man came. Boldwood entered, and the door was closed behind him, and he walked the world no more.

Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd