![]() ![]() By the red color of his complexion, his clothes, and his van, the second man is identified as a reddleman, a seller of a red chalk substance sheep farmers used to make identifying marks on their flock.ĭuring a brief conversation, the old man discovers that the reddleman has a young woman in his van, but the reddleman will say little about her. ![]() The only evidence of activity is an old highway and an even older barrow (a heap of earth piled over ancient burial sites).Īn old man in clothes of nautical style makes his way along this highway and presently catches up with another traveler walking alongside a van. It has changed little from the way it was described in ancient times. Near twilight on a Saturday in November, Egdon Heath slowly turns dark. Point of View of The Return of the Native. ![]()
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