The log which was to form the back-brand of the evening fire was the uncleft trunk of a tree, so unwieldy that it could be neither brought nor rolled to its place; and accordingly two men were to be observed dragging and heaving it in by chains and levers as the hour of assembly drew near.
Bathsheba is the unwieldy log fueling his fire. But Boldwood does not care if it takes chains to obtain her
