ts
anywhere,
and
foot-passengers
were
compelled
to follow
the
permanent
ways.From
the whole
extent of
the
invisible
vale came
a
multitudinous
intonation;
it forced
upon their
fancy that
a great
city lay
below
them, and
that th e
murmur was
the
vociferation
of its
populace.
“It seem s
like tens
o f
thousands
of them,
”said
Tess;
“hold ing
pu blic
meetings
in their m
arket-places,
arguing,
pr
eaching,
quarrelling,
sobbing,
groaning,
praying,
