Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 18

           

           Unexpectedlyhebegantoliketheoutdoorlifeforitsownsake,andforwhatitbrought,apartfromitsbearingonhisownproposedcareer.ConsideringhispositionhebecamewonderfullyfreefromthechronicmelancholywhichistakingholdofthecivilizedraceswiththedeclineofbeliefinabeneficentPower.Forthefirsttimeoflateyearshecouldreadashismusingsinclinedhim,withoutanyeyetocrammingforaprofession,sincethefewfarminghandbookswhichhedeemeditdesirabletomasteroccupiedhimbutlittletime.

           Hegrewawayfromoldassociations,andsawsomethingnewinlifeandhumanity.Secondarily,hemadecloseacquaintancewithphenomenawhichhehadbeforeknownbutdarklytheseasonsintheirmoods,morningandevening,nightandnoon,windsintheirdifferenttempers,trees,watersandmists,shadesandsilences,andthevoicesofinanimatethings.

           Theearlymorningswerestillsufficientlycooltorenderafireacceptableinthelargeroomwhereintheybreakfasted;and,byMrsCrick’sorders,whoheldthathewastoogenteeltomessattheirtable,itwasAngelClare’scustomtositintheyawningchimney-cornerduringthemeal,hiscup-and-saucerandplatebeingplacedonahingedflapathiselbow.Thelightfromthelong,wide,mullionedwindowoppositeshoneinuponhisnook,and,assistedbyasecondarylightofcoldbluequalitywhichshonedownthechimney,enabledhimtoreadthereeasilywheneverdisposedtodoso.

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