Far From the Madding Crowd Chapter 11 Summary

Outside the Barracks: Snow: A Meeting

  • Cut to outside an army barracks building, where a young woman is throwing snowballs at a window and trying to get the attention of someone inside.
  • When someone comes and opens the window, the young woman asks if it's Sergeant Troy. When he asks who's asking, she says that it's his wife, Fanny Robin.
  • Troy is shocked, and he tells Fanny that she can't come see him like this. She asks whether he's glad to see her, and he says of course.
  • Unfortunately, he says he can't come down and meet her because he's not allowed to leave the building at this time of day.
  • Fanny wants to know when Troy is going to make good on his promise to marry her. He says that they can marry as soon as they have good clothes.
  • She asks why he doesn't already have permission from his officers to marry, and he admits that he simply forgot. This guy doesn't sound like the most caring fiancĂ© in the world. He sounds like a jerk.
  • When Troy goes back inside the building, Fanny can hear a bunch of men laughing with him, probably about the fact that he has a girl waiting outside his window.