un-locked

Updated: May 2, 2025

From the trees came the sound of steady dripping upon the drifted leaves under them, and from the direction of the church she could hear another noise peculiar, and not intermittent like the rest, the purl of water falling into a pool. Liddy knocked at eight o'clock, and Bathsheba un-locked the door.

Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd