Two forms crossed the line at a startling nearness to her

Two forms crossed the line at a startling nearness to her

John Collier

Plate 28, Thomas Hardy's The Trumpet-Major

Good Words, September 1880

(one-third of p. 585, upper right), vignetted: 7.1 cm wide x 3.1 cm high; illustrates a passage on page 587, but complements the opening paragraph of Ch. XXX describing the couple's "dashing and really fashionable attire" for the trip to the Theatre Royal.

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