When he replies, she utters a cry and falls down, recognizing his voice: The woman is Fanny. As they argue, Bathsheba begins to cry, and Troy tells her, "You have lost all the pluck and sauciness you formerly had," implying that he regrets having married her.Īs they proceed, they pass a woman who asks Troy the way to Casterbridge. Troy has bought his discharge from the army and is dressed as a fashionable farmer.
Bathsheba complains about all the money Troy has lost at the horse races. This is the first glimpse we have of the two of them alone together, and the marriage does not seem to be going well. Bathsheba rides in the gig, while Troy walks alongside her. Bathsheba and Troy are traveling up the steep Yarbury Hill, coming from Casterbridge to Weatherbury. The narrative jumps ahead two months to a Saturday evening in October.
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