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Gina
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Thomas Hardy, you are quite funny!
chapter 6
"Whose farm were you upon last?"
"My own."
This reply invariably operated like a rumour of cholera.
chapter 7
"That I can't, indeed," he said, moving past Oak as a Christian edges past an offertory-plate when he does not mean to contribute.
The bailiff who showed this nervous dread of loving his neighbour as himself, went up the hill...
— 16 hours, 28 min ago
chapter 6
"Whose farm were you upon last?"
"My own."
This reply invariably operated like a rumour of cholera.
chapter 7
"That I can't, indeed," he said, moving past Oak as a Christian edges past an offertory-plate when he does not mean to contribute.
The bailiff who showed this nervous dread of loving his neighbour as himself, went up the hill...
Gina
is on page 39 of 434
My modern rewrite of chapters 1 through 4...
Farner Oak stalks Bathseba Everdene, but eventually works up the courage to visit her. She's not inside, he leaves, and she chases after him to correct misinformation he's been given. He proposes. She declines. Repeat.
# # #
Of course, in 2026, Farmer Oak would call her and F-ing C and possibly assault her.
— Feb 20, 2026 05:33PM
Farner Oak stalks Bathseba Everdene, but eventually works up the courage to visit her. She's not inside, he leaves, and she chases after him to correct misinformation he's been given. He proposes. She declines. Repeat.
# # #
Of course, in 2026, Farmer Oak would call her and F-ing C and possibly assault her.
