Upon the
cornice of
th e tower
a tall s
taff was
fixed.Their
ey es were
riveted on
it.A few
minutes
after the
hour had
struck
something
moved
slowly up
the staff,
and
extended
itself
upon the
breeze.It
was a
black
flag.
“Justice”was
done, and
the
President
of the I
mmortals,
in Eschy
lean
phrase,
had ended
his sport
with
Tess.And
the
d'Urberville
knights
and dames
slept on
in their
tombs
unknowing.The
two
speechless
gazers
bent
