Part First, At Marygreen: Chapters 5-8 Summary

Chapter 5. Three or four years later Jude has begun delivering his aunts goods from the bakery in a cart. While driving the cart between customer's homes, Jude reads his books. However, some of the villagers have noted this habit and tell the police about it, leaving Jude vulnerable to trouble with them. Jude has no choice but to read in the cart, however, and continues to do so, he just hides it better. Jude decides what he really wants to do is go to Christminster; therefore, he decides to apprentice himself to a stone-mason so that he might learn skills to make a living when he goes.

Chapter 6. While walking one Saturday, Jude comes across a group of girls on a farm cleaning pig intestines. One of the girls throws a piece at...