A great white light was leading him far from the Madding crowd.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
The world is an easy place for a painter to live and breathe in when he is sitting far from the Madding crowd-of boys-protected from the wind and sun, watching a sky piled up in mountains of snow, and inhaling ozone that is a tonic to his lungs.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
My best work is done when the Madding crowd is far from me.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon