Sergeant Francis Troy Quotes

“This fevered hope had grown up again like a grain of mustard-seed during the quiet which followed the hasty conjecture that Troy was drowned.”

“Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance.”

“His being higher in learning and birth than the ruck o’ soldiers is anything but a proof of his worth. It shows his course to be down’ard.”

“Men are such constant fools! The rest may try to get over their passion with more or less success.”

“Such women as you a hundred men always covet—your eyes will bewitch scores on scores into an unavailing fancy for you—you can only marry one of that many.”