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1、TheReturnoftheNativebyThomasHardyPREFACEThedateatwhichthefollowingeventsareassumedtohaveoccurredmaybesetdownasbetween1840and1850,whentheoldwateringplacehereincalled"Budmouth"stillretainedsufficientafterglowfromitsGeorgiangaietyandprestigetolenditanabsorbingattractivenesstotheromanticandimaginative
2、soulofalonelydwellerinland.Underthegeneralnameof"EgdonHeath,"whichhasbeengiventothesombresceneofthestory,areunitedortypifiedheathsofvariousrealnames,tothenumberofatleastadozen;thesebeingvirtuallyoneincharacterandaspect,thoughtheiroriginalunity,orpartialunity,isnowsomewhatdisguisedbyintrusivestrips
3、andslicesbroughtundertheploughwithvaryingdegreesofsuccess,orplantedtowoodland.Itispleasanttodreamthatsomespotintheextensivetractwhosesouthwesternquarterisheredescribed,maybetheheathofthattraditionaryKingofWessex--Lear.July,1895."TosorrowIbadegoodmorrow,Andthoughttoleaveherfarawaybehind;Butcheerly,
4、cheerly,Shelovesmedearly;Sheissoconstanttome,andsokind.Iwoulddeceiveher,Andsoleaveher,Butah!sheissoconstantandsokind."bookoneTHETHREEWOMEN1-AFaceonWhichTimeMakesbutLittleImpressionASaturdayafternooninNovemberwasapproachingthetimeoftwilight,andthevasttractofunenclosedwildknownasEgdonHeathembrownedi
5、tselfmomentbymoment.Overheadthehollowstretchofwhitishcloudshuttingouttheskywasasatentwhichhadthewholeheathforitsfloor.Theheavenbeingspreadwiththispallidscreenandtheearthwiththedarkestvegetation,theirmeeting-lineatthehorizonwasclearlymarked.Insuchcontrasttheheathworetheappearanceofaninstalmentofnig
6、htwhichhadtakenupitsplacebeforeitsastronomicalhourwascome:darknesshadtoagreatextentarrivedhereon,whiledaystooddistinctinthesky.Lookingupwards,afurze-cutterwouldhavebeeninclinedtocontinuework;lookingdown,hewouldhavedecidedtofinishhisfaggotandgohome.Thedistantrimsoftheworldandofthefirmamentseemedtob
7、eadivisionintimenolessthanadivisioninmatter.Thefaceoftheheathbyitsmerecomplexionaddedhalfanhourtoevening;itcouldinlikemannerretardthedawn,saddennoon,anticipatethefrowningofstormsscarcelygenerated,andintensifytheo
