Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 25

           “Andeventhatmaybealteredabit.He’llbidetogetalittlepracticeinthecalvingoutatthestraw-yard,forcertain.He’llhangontilltheendoftheyearIshouldsay.”

           Fourmonthsorsooftorturingecstasyinhissocietyof“pleasuregirdledaboutwithpain”.Afterthattheblacknessofunutterablenight.

           AtthismomentofthemorningAngelClarewasridingalonganarrowlanetenmilesdistantfromthebreakfasters,inthedirectionofhisfather’sVicarageatEmminster,carrying,aswellashecould,alittlebasketwhichcontainedsomeblack-puddingsandabottleofmead,sentbyMrsCrick,withherkindrespects,tohisparents.Thewhitelanestretchedbeforehim,andhiseyeswereuponit;buttheywerestaringintonextyear,andnotatthelane.Helovedher;oughthetomarryher?Daredhetomarryher?Whatwouldhismotherandhisbrotherssay?Whatwouldhehimselfsayacoupleofyearsaftertheevent?Thatwoulddependuponwhetherthegermsofstaunchcomradeshipunderlaythetemporaryemotion,orwhetheritwereasensuousjoyinherformonly,withnosubstratumofeverlastingness.

           Hisfather’shill-surroundedlittletown,theTudorchurch-towerofredstone,theclumpoftreesneartheVicarage,cameatlastintoviewbeneathhim,andherodedowntowardsthewell-knowngate.

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