Far from the Madding Crowd
How does Bathsheba respond when Gabriel Oak proposes to her in Chapter 4?
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Bathsheba responds by telling Oak that she does not love him. When he presses her further, she says, "I want somebody to tame me; I am too independent; and you would never be able to, I know."