The Trumpet-Major

by Thomas Hardy

First published 1880

In the days of high-waisted and muslin-gowned women, when the vast amount of soldiering going on in the country was a cause of much trembling to the sex, there lived in a village near the Wessex coast two ladies of good report, though unfortunately of limited means.

Contents

  1. Title page and introductory matter
  2. PREFACE
  3. I. WHAT WAS SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OVERLOOKING THE DOWN
  4. II. SOMEBODY KNOCKS AND COMES IN
  5. III. THE MILL BECOMES AN IMPORTANT CENTRE OF OPERATIONS
  6. IV. WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE MILLER’S LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT
  7. V. THE SONG AND THE STRANGER
  8. VI. OLD MR. DERRIMAN OF OXWELL HALL
  9. VII. HOW THEY TALKED IN THE PASTURES
  10. VIII. ANNE MAKES A CIRCUIT OF THE CAMP
  11. IX. ANNE IS KINDLY FETCHED BY THE TRUMPET-MAJOR
  12. X. THE MATCH-MAKING VIRTUES OF A DOUBLE GARDEN
  13. XI. OUR PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF ROYALTY
  14. XII. HOW EVERYBODY GREAT AND SMALL CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE DOWNS
  15. XIII. THE CONVERSATION IN THE CROWD
  16. XIV. LATER IN THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY
  17. XV. ‘CAPTAIN’ BOB LOVEDAY OF THE MERCHANT SERVICE
  18. XVI. THEY MAKE READY FOR THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER
  19. XVII. TWO FAINTING FITS AND A BEWILDERMENT
  20. XVIII. THE NIGHT AFTER THE ARRIVAL
  21. XIX. MISS JOHNSON’S BEHAVIOUR CAUSES NO LITTLE SURPRISE
  22. XX. HOW THEY LESSENED THE EFFECT OF THE CALAMITY
  23. XXI. ‘UPON THE HILL HE TURNED’
  24. XXII. THE TWO HOUSEHOLDS UNITED
  25. XXIII. MILITARY PREPARATIONS ON AN EXTENDED SCALE
  26. XXIV. A LETTER, A VISITOR, AND A TIN BOX
  27. XXV. FESTUS SHOWS HIS LOVE
  28. XXVI. THE ALARM
  29. XXVII. DANGER TO ANNE
  30. XXVIII. ANNE DOES WONDERS
  31. XXIX. A DISSEMBLER
  32. XXX. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
  33. XXXI. MIDNIGHT VISITORS
  34. XXXII. DELIVERANCE
  35. XXXIII. A DISCOVERY TURNS THE SCALE
  36. XXXIV. A SPECK ON THE SEA
  37. XXXV. A SAILOR ENTERS
  38. XXXVI. DERRIMAN SEES CHANCES
  39. XXXVII. REACTION
  40. XXXVIII. A DELICATE SITUATION
  41. XXXIX. BOB LOVEDAY STRUTS UP AND DOWN
  42. XL. A CALL ON BUSINESS
  43. XLI. JOHN MARCHES INTO THE NIGHT
  44. Footnotes: