Far from the Madding Crowd, Chapter 48 요약

줄거리

1. During Troy’s absence, Bathsheba expects his return to threaten her farm tenancy and leave her poor.
2. In Casterbridge, she overhears a report of his drowning, collapses, and receives Boldwood’s help.
3. Bathsheba refuses Boldwood’s transport offers, drives home alone, and rejects Liddy’s suggestion of mourning clothes.
4. On Monday, a newspaper witness account and Troy’s recovered clothes weaken her belief that he remains alive.
5. Bathsheba considers whether Troy deliberately follows Fanny into death, then preserves Fanny’s hair rather than burning it.

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눈여겨볼 점

Bathsheba trusts her sense of what death should feel like over the reported evidence. This explains her refusal to begin mourning.

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