They passed near here." Gabriel had listened with interest.

"I saw them go," he said.
"Yes," continued William, "they pranced down the street playing 'The Girl I Left Behind Me,' so 'tis said, in glorious notes of triumph.
Every looker-on's inside shook with the blows of the great drum to his deepest vitals, and there was not a dry eye throughout the town among the public-house people and the nameless women!" "But they're not gone to any war ?" "No, ma'am; but they be gone to take the places of them who may, which is very close connected.

And so I said to myself, Fanny's young man was one of the regiment, and she's gone after him.

There, ma'am, that's it in black and white." "Did you find out his name ?" "No; nobody knew it.

I believe he was higher in rank than a private." Gabriel remained musing and said nothing, for he was in doubt.
"Well, we are not likely to know more to-night, at any rate," said Bathsheba.