t go after all he said i be by accidents any more he picked up his bundle and and his steps towards mill knocking down the and as he went with gloomy and indifferent blows when he got within sight of the house he beheld david in the road all right � all right again captain shouted that a wedding after all ah � she s back again cried bob seizing david and dancing round with him no � but it s all the same it is of no consequence at all and no harm will be done and mrs have made up a match and mean to marry at once that the wedding may not be wasted they felt be a thousand to let such good things get blue for want of a ceremony to use em upon and at last they have thought of this � i don t care for the bitterly cried bob in a tone of far higher thought how you disappoint me and he went slowly towards the house his father appeared in the opening of the looking more cheerful than when they had parted what robert you ve been after her he said faith then i wouldn t have followed her if the trumpet major i had been as sure as you were that she went away in scorn of us since you told me that i have not looked for her at all i was wrong father bob replied gravely throwing down his bundle and stick i find has not gone away in scorn of us she has gone away for other reasons i followed her some way but i have come back again she may go why is she gone said the astonished miller bob had intended for s sake to give no reason to a living soul for her departure but he could not treat his father thus and he told she has made great fools of us said the miller deliberately and she might have made us greater ones bob i thought th more sense well don t say anything against her father implored bob twas a sorry haul and there s an end on t let her down quietly and keep the secret you promise that i do the elder remained thinking awhile and then went on � well what i was going to say is this i ve hit upon a plan to get out of the awkward comer she has put us in what you ll think of it i can t say david has just given me the heads the trumpet major and do it hurt your feelings my son at such a time no � bring myself to bear it anyhow why should i object to other people s happiness because i have lost my own said bob with in his air well said answered the miller heartily but you may be sure that there will be no rejoicing to disturb ye in your present frame of mind all the morning i felt more ashamed than i cared to own at the thought of how the neighbours great and small would laugh at what they would call your folly when they knew what had happened so i resolved to take this step to it off if so be twas possible and when i saw mrs i knew i had done right she pitied me so much for having had the house cleaned in vain and laid in provisions to waste that it put her into the humour to agree we mean to do it right off at once afore the and cakes get and the stale twas a good thought of mine and hers and i am glad tis settled he concluded cheerfully poor murmured bob there � i was afraid hurt thy feelings said the miller with self reproach making preparations for thy wedding and using them for my own r e trumpet major no said bob it shall not it will be a great comfort in my sorrow to feel that the splendid and the ale and your new suit of clothes and the great table youve bought will be just as useful now as if i had married myself poor but you won t expect me to join in � you hardly can i can sheer off that day very easily you know nonsense bob said the miller i couldn t stand it � i should break down deuce take me if i would have asked her then if i had known twas going to drive thee out of the house now come bob i ll find a way of arranging it and it down so that it shall be as melancholy as you can require � in short just like a funeral if thou lt promise to stay very well said the young man on that condition i ll stay trumpet major the trumpet major chapter xxi upon the hill he turned having entered into this solemn compact with his son the elder s next action was to go to mrs and ask her how the down of the wedding had best be done it is plain enough that to make just now would be bob s feelings as if we didn t care who was not married so long as we were he said but then what s to be done about the give a dinner to the poor folk she suggested we can get ever used up that way that s true said the miller there s enough of em in these times to carry off ny whatsoever and it will save bob s wonderfully and they won t know that the dinner was got for another sort of wedding and another sort of guests so you ll have their good will for nothing the miller smiled at the of the view that can hardly be called fair he said still i did mean some of it for 