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Updated: September 28, 2025
The finest tenor bell about here is the bell of Peter's, Casterbridge in E flat. Tum-m-m-m that's the note tum-m-m-m. The trumpet-major sounded from far down his throat what he considered to be E flat, with a parenthetic sense of luxury unquenchable even by his present distraction.
In one of these actions I had the opportunity of seeing Brigadier-general Macard, a soldier of fortune whom the revolutionary upheavals had carried almost straight from the rank of trumpet-major to that of general!
This parenthetic excitement diverted for a few minutes the eyes of Bob and Anne from the trumpet-major; and when the play proceeded, and they looked back to his corner, he was gone. 'He's just slipped round to talk to her behind the scenes, said Bob knowingly. 'Shall we go too, and tease him for a sly dog? 'No, I would rather not. 'Shall we go home, then?
But of one feature in this curious adventure he had not the least notion that Festus Derriman, misled by the darkness, the fumes of his potations, and the constant sight of Anne and Bob together, never once supposed his assailant to be any other man than Bob, believing the trumpet-major miles away.
The traffic and intelligence between camp and town passed in a measure over the villagers' heads. It being summer time the miller was much occupied with business, and the trumpet-major was too constantly engaged in marching between the camp and Gloucester Lodge with the rest of the dragoons to bring his friends any news for some days.
The truth is, she doesn't know I am come. Anne now saw how the matter stood; but she was not offended with him. What woman could have been? They walked on in silence, the respectful trumpet-major keeping a yard off on her right as precisely as if that measure had been fixed between them. She had a great feeling of civility toward him this evening, and spoke again.
'Ah! I know your father, cried the trumpet-major, 'old James Cornick. It was the man who had brought Anne in his lerret from Portland Bill. 'And Bob hasn't got a scratch? said the miller. 'Not a scratch, said Cornick. Loveday then bustled off to draw the visitor something to drink.
Where friendliness was construed as love, an assumed indifference was the necessary expression for friendliness. So she let him go; and, bidding him hasten back as soon as he could, went down the hill, while John's feet retraced the upland. The trumpet-major spent the whole afternoon and evening in that long and difficult search for Festus Derriman.
Everybody is gone or going; the road is like a fair. He spoke pleadingly, but Anne was not won to assent. 'You can drive in the gig; 'twill do Blossom good, said the miller. 'Let David drive Miss Garland, said the trumpet-major, not wishing to coerce her; 'I would just as soon walk. Anne joyfully welcomed this arrangement, and a time was fixed for the start.
I couldn't oblige 'ee, try how I might, for I am not a man, trumpet-major, that can butcher in cold blood no, not I, nor you neither, from what I know of 'ee. So, willy-nilly, we must fain let it pass, eh? 'We must, I suppose, said John, smiling grimly. 'Who did you think I was, then, that night when I boxed you all round? 'No, don't press me, replied the yeoman.
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