" 'Go at once then, in Heaven's name!' said she, her eyes flashing at his, though never meeting them. Angrily, Bathsheba dismissed Oak as of the end of the week.
He repeated that it was wrong for her to trifle with Boldwood. To this, Gabriel replied that he had long since stopped thinking about the possibility of marrying her. Bathsheba became sarcastic, saying his attitude might be due to her refusal of him. He told her that her conduct was unworthy of a thoughtful woman. When she asked Gabriel to contradict them, he refused to lie for her. Oak admitted the men had spoken of the prospect of a marriage. Meanwhile, she attempted to find out about the men's comments on her meeting with Boldwood. She did not do well, and Gabriel took her hands to show her the proper angle for holding the blades. Cainy Ball was turning the handle of Gabriel's grindstone, but Bathsheba sent him on an errand, offering to sharpen while Gabriel turned the stone. Next day, Bathsheba saw Gabriel grinding shears. An Elizabeth in brain, and a Mary Stuart in spirit."
"Bathsheba's was an impulsive nature under a deliberative aspect. The rarest offerings of the purest loves are but a self-indulgence, and no generosity at all." Bathsheba was not eager to be married, nor had the novelty of being a landowner begun to wear off. "Yet Farmer Boldwood," the author informs us, "whether by nature kind or the reverse to kind, did not exercise kindness here. "He is so disinterested and kind to offer me all that I can desire," she thought. Bathsheba, though not in love, nevertheless realized that Boldwood was an eligible bachelor.
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