Jude the Obscure Part 1 Chapter 1

In which the village schoolmaster prepares to depart for the city of Christminster, leaving behind a little boy named Jude and a piano that proves troublesome to move, while the small community contemplates the changes his absence will bring. This quiet morning scene unfolds with gentle reflections on the passing of old ways, as the ancient well and the transformed village bear witness to the slow march of progress and departure.