Pennyways

Pennyways now felt himself to be in something of a difficulty, for should Bathsheba and Troy become reconciled it would be necessary to regain her good opinion if he would secure the patronage of her husband.

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So also was Bathsheba now that he had come, though the uninvited presence of Pennyways, the bailiff who had been dismissed for theft, disturbed her equanimity for a while.

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Troy reached the tent door, and standing among the groups there gathered, looked anxiously for Pennyways, evidently not wishing to make himself prominent by inquiring for him.

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The news is, that after Miss Everdene got home she went out again to see all was safe, as she usually do, and coming in found Baily Pennyways creeping down the granary steps with half a a bushel of barley.

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He could see nothing of Pennyways, but he soon discerned Bathsheba through an opening into the reserved space at the further end.

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Pennyways snuffed the candle, and then looked up and deliberately inspected Troy.

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“Baily Pennyways — Baily Pennyways — I said so; yes, I said so!”

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He was about to leave his hole of espial, attempt to follow Pennyways, and find out if the ex-bailiff had recognized him, when he was arrested by the conversation, and found he was too late.

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It occurred to him that to find Pennyways, and make a friend of him if possible, would be a very wise act.

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A knock was given at the door, and Pennyways entered.

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