The Last Post by Ford Madox Ford — Read

Mark Tietjens thought that a cow or a hog must have got into the orchard, there was such a rushing in the grass. He said to himself that that damn Gunning was always boasting about his prowess as a hedger; he might see that his confounded hedges kept out the beasts from the Common. An unusual voice -- unusual in its intonation -- remarked:

"Oh, Sir Mark Tietjens, this is dreadful!"