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The Trumpet Major
by Thomas HARDY (1840 - 1928)Chapter 23 - Military Preparations on an Extended Scale
Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside. However, the arrival of several regiments preparing for an expected invasion brings colour and chaos to the county. A graceful and charming young woman, Anne is pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the trumpet-major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Robert, a merchant seaman and womaniser, and Festus Derriman, the cowardly son of the local squire. Set at the time of the Napoleonic wars, this is the author's only historical novel, and unusually for Hardy's books, some of the characters live happily ever after. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Cori Samuel.)
Listen next episodes of The Trumpet Major:
Chapter 24 - A Letter, A Visitor and a Tin Box , Chapter 25 - Festus Shows His Love , Chapter 26 - The Alarm , Chapter 27 - Danger to Anne , Chapter 28 - Anne Does Wonders , Chapter 29 - A Dissembler , Chapter 30 - At The Theatre Royal , Chapter 31 - Midnight Visitors , Chapter 32 - Deliverance , Chapter 33 - A Discovery Turns the Scale , Chapter 34 - A Speck on the Sea , Chapter 35 - A Sailor Enters , Chapter 36 - Derriman Sees Chances , Chapter 37 - Reaction , Chapter 38 - A Delicate Situation , Chapter 39 - Bob Loveday Struts Up and Down , Chapter 40 - A Call on Business , Chapter 41 - John Marches into the Night