Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 25

           Everytimethathereturnedhitherhewasconsciousofthisdivergence,andsincehehadlastsharedintheVicaragelifeithadgrownevenmoredistinctlyforeigntohisownthanusual.Itstranscendentalaspirationsstillunconsciouslybasedonthegeocentricviewofthings,azenithalparadise,anadiralhellwereasforeigntohisownasiftheyhadbeenthedreamsofpeopleonanotherplanet.LatterlyhehadseenonlyLife,feltonlythegreatpassionatepulseofexistence,unwarped,uncontorted,untrammelledbythosecreedswhichfutilelyattempttocheckwhatwisdomwouldbecontenttoregulate.

           Ontheirparttheysawagreatdifferenceinhim,agrowingdivergencefromtheAngelClareofformertimes.Itwaschieflyadifferenceinhismannerthattheynoticedjustnow,particularlyhisbrothers.Hewasgettingtobehavelikeafarmer;heflunghislegsabout;themusclesofhisfacehadgrownmoreexpressive;hiseyeslookedasmuchinformationashistonguespoke,andmore.Themannerofthescholarhadnearlydisappeared;stillmorethemannerofthedrawing-roomyoungman.Aprigwouldhavesaidthathehadlostculture,andaprudethathehadbecomecoarse.SuchwasthecontagionofdomiciliaryfellowshipwiththeTalbothaysnymphsandswains.

           Afterbreakfasthewalkedwithhistwobrothers,non-evangelical,well-educated,hall-markedyoungmen,correcttotheirremotestfibre,suchunimpeachablemodelsasareturnedoutyearlybythelatheofasystematictuition.

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