CHAPTER XXIII 

EVENTIDE--A SECOND DECLARATION 

For the shearing-supper a long table was placed on the grass-plot beside the house, the end of the table being thrust over the sill of the wide parlour window and a foot or two into the room. Miss Everdene sat inside the window, facing down the table. She was thus at the head without mingling with the men. 

This evening Bathsheba was unusually excited, her red cheeks and lips contrasting lustrously with the mazy skeins of her shadowy hair. She seemed to expect assistance, and the seat at the bottom of the table was at her request left vacant until after they had begun the meal. She then asked Gabriel to take the place and the duties appertaining to that end, which he did with great readiness. 

At this moment Mr. Boldwood came in at the gate, and crossed the green to Bathsheba at the window. He apologized for his lateness: his arrival was evidently by arrangement. 

"Gabriel," said she, "will you move again, please, and let Mr. Boldwood come there?" 

Oak moved in silence back to his original seat. 

The gentleman-farmer was dressed in cheerful style, in a new coat and white waistcoat, quite contrasting with his usual sober suits of grey. Inwardy, too, he was blithe, and consequently chatty to an exceptional degree. So also was Bathsheba now that he had come, though the uninvited presence of Pennyways, the bailiff who had been dismissed for theft, disturbed her equanimity for a while. 

Supper being ended, Coggan began on his own private account, without reference to listeners:-- 
what chapter is this
what is the title
who was not mingling with the male group
who came into the gate
ws he late
why was Gabrial asked to move
what style was the farmer dressed in
where did miss evedene sit
where was the table being pushed
how is bathsebas hair discribed
who was uninvited
who began his own private account after supper
who moved back to his original seat
was the table short or long
who was dismissed for theft
how did Bathsheba feel that night
was this a large dinner party
did anyone die
did anyone become ill from the food
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIII 
EVENTIDE--A SECOND DECLARATION
EVENTIDE--A SECOND DECLARATION
Miss Everdene
Miss Everdene
Mr. Boldwood
Mr. Boldwood 
yes
 He apologized for his lateness:
to let Mr. Boldwood go there?
and let Mr. Boldwood come there?
in cheerful style
in cheerful style
inside the window, facing down the table
Miss Everdene sat inside the window, facing down the table
over the sill of the wide parlour window and a foot or two into the room
 over the sill of the wide parlour window and a foot or two into the room
unusually excited
 unusually excited
Pennyways
Pennyways
Coggan
Coggan
Oak
Oak
it was a long table
a long table
the bailiff
the bailiff 
blithe
blithe
yes

For the shearing-supper a long table was placed on the grass-plot beside the house, the end of the table being thrust over the sill of the wide parlour window and a foot or two into the room. 
no

At this moment Mr. Boldwood ca
no
t, disturbed her equanimity for a while