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.
Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham