Kingsbere"... Gabriel, in addition to Boldwood's shepherd and Cain Ball, accompanied them [Bathsheba's and Farmer Boldwood's flocks of sheep] along the way, through the decayed old town of Kingsbere, and upward to the plateau, -- old George the dog of course behind them." (Far From the Madding Crowd, Chapter 50) "Not so very far to the left of her she [Tess] could discern a dark patch in the scenery, which inquiry confirmed her in supposing to be trees marking the environs of Kingsbere -- in the church of which parish the bones of her ancestors -- her useless ancestors -- lay entombed." (Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Chapter 16)
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