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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

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I. Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident 1
II. Night—The Flock—An Interior—Another Interior 11
III. A Girl on Horseback—Conversation 24
IV. Gabriel's Resolve—The Visit—The Mistake 38
V. Departure of Bathsheba—A Pastoral Tragedy 54
VI. The Fair—The Journey—The Fire 62
VII. Recognition—A Timid Girl 79
VIII. The Malthouse—The Chat—News 85
IX. The Homestead—A Visitor—Half Confidences 118
X. Mistress and Men 128
XI. Melchester Moor—Snow—A Meeting 139
XII. Farmers—A Rule—An Exception 148
XIII. Sortes Sanctorum—The Valentine 157
XIV. Effect of the Letter—Sunrise 164
XV. A Morning Meeting—The Letter Again 171
XVI. All Saints' and All Souls' 189
XVII. In the Market-place 194