Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 44

           Shequickenedherpace,andascendedthetheroadbywhichshehadcome,tofindaretreatbetweenitshedgestilltheVicar’sfamilyshouldhavelunched,anditmightbeconvenientforthemtoreceiveher.Shesoondistancedthechurchgoers,excepttwoyoungishmen,who,linkedarm-in-arm,werebeatingupbehindherataquickstep.

           Astheydrewnearershecouldheartheirvoicesengagedinearnestdiscourse,and,withthenaturalquicknessofawomaninhersituation,didnotfailtorecognizeinthosenoisesthequalityofherhusband’stones.Thepedestrianswerehistwobrothers.Forgettingallherplans,Tess’sonedreadwaslesttheyshouldovertakehernow,inherdisorganizedcondition,beforeshewaspreparedtoconfrontthem;forthoughshefeltthattheycouldnotidentifyhersheinstinctivelydreadedtheirscrutiny.Themorebrisklytheywalkedthemorebrisklywalkedshe.Theywereplainlybentupontakingashortquickstrollbeforegoingindoorstolunchordinner,torestorewarmthtolimbschilledwithsittingthroughalongservice.

           OnlyonepersonhadprecededTessupthehillaladylikeyoungwoman,somewhatinteresting,though,perhaps,atrifleGUINDEEandprudish.Tesshadnearlyovertakenherwhenthespeedofherbrothers-in-lawbroughtthemsonearlybehindherbackthatshecouldheareverywordoftheirconversation.Theysaidnothing,however,whichparticularlyinterestedhertill,observingtheyoungladystillfurtherinfront,oneofthemremarked,“ThereisMercyChant.Letusovertakeher.”

           Tessknewthename.

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