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Updated: June 5, 2025

"Well, I'll tell you." said Bathsheba, with a mischiev- ous smile in her bright eyes. "Farmer Oak is coming here to dine with me to-day!" "Farmer Oak and nobody else? you two alone?" "Yes." "But is it safe, ma'am, after what's been said?" asked her companion, dubiously.

Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd