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Joseph Poorgrass
Another farm-hand, slightly over middle age, who insists on spelling his name “Henery.” He is another one of the regulars at Warren’s Malt-house, and is more critical than the others: he rages about Bailiff Pennyways, for instance, and is among the more skeptical about Bathsheba’s capacity as a woman farmer.
Henry (Henery) Fray Quotes in Far From the Madding Crowd
The Far From the Madding Crowd quotes below are all either spoken by Henry (Henery) Fray or refer to Henry (Henery) Fray. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 15
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“Our mis’ess will bring us all to the bad,” said Henery. “Ye may depend on that—with her new farming ways. And her ignorance is terrible to hear. Why only yesterday she cut a rasher of bacon the longways of the flitch!”
“Ho-ho-ho!” said the assembly, the maltster’s feeble note being heard amid the rest as that of a different instrument: “heu-heu-heu!”
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Henry (Henery) Fray Quotes in Far From the Madding Crowd
The Far From the Madding Crowd quotes below are all either spoken by Henry (Henery) Fray or refer to Henry (Henery) Fray. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 15
Quotes
“Our mis’ess will bring us all to the bad,” said Henery. “Ye may depend on that—with her new farming ways. And her ignorance is terrible to hear. Why only yesterday she cut a rasher of bacon the longways of the flitch!”
“Ho-ho-ho!” said the assembly, the maltster’s feeble note being heard amid the rest as that of a different instrument: “heu-heu-heu!”
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