<P> Throughout her tribulations , Bathsheba comes to rely increasingly on her oldest and , as she admits to herself , only real friend , Gabriel . When he gives notice that he is leaving her employ , she realises how important he has become to her well - being . That night , she goes alone to visit him in his cottage , to find out why he is deserting her . Pressed , he reluctantly reveals that it is because people have been injuring her good name by gossiping that he wants to marry her . She exclaims that it is `` ... too absurd -- too soon -- to think of , by far ! '' He bitterly agrees that it is absurd , but when she corrects him , saying that it is only `` too soon '' , he is emboldened to ask once again for her hand in marriage . She accepts , and the two are quietly wed . </P>
<P> Throughout her tribulations , Bathsheba comes to rely increasingly on her oldest and , as she admits to herself , only real friend , Gabriel . When he gives notice that he is leaving her employ , she realises how important he has become to her well - being . That night , she goes alone to visit him in his cottage , to find out why he is deserting her . Pressed , he reluctantly reveals that it is because people have been injuring her good name by gossiping that he wants to marry her . She exclaims that it is `` ... too absurd -- too soon -- to think of , by far ! '' He bitterly agrees that it is absurd , but when she corrects him , saying that it is only `` too soon '' , he is emboldened to ask once again for her hand in marriage . She accepts , and the two are quietly wed . </P>
who does ms everdeen end up with in far from the madding crowd
who does ms everdeen end up with in far from the madding crowd
Gabriel
Gabriel