Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 49

           Themistakeofexpressingthemhadarisenfromhisallowinghimselftobeinfluencedbygeneralprinciplestothedisregardoftheparticularinstance.

           Butthereasoningissomewhatmusty;loversandhusbandshavegoneoverthegroundbeforetoday.Clarehadbeenharshtowardsher;thereisnodoubtofit.Menaretoooftenharshwithwomentheyloveorhaveloved;womenwithmen.Andyettheseharshnessesaretendernessitselfwhencomparedwiththeuniversalharshnessoutofwhichtheygrow;theharshnessofthepositiontowardsthetemperament,ofthemeanstowardstheaims,oftodaytowardsyesterday,ofhereaftertowardstoday.

           Thehistoricinterestofherfamily—thatmasterfullineofd’Urbervilles—whomhehaddespisedasaspentforce,touchedhissentimentsnow.Whyhadhenotknownthedifferencebetweenthepoliticalvalueandtheimaginativevalueofthesethings?Inthelatteraspectherd’Urbervilledescentwasafactofgreatdimensions;worthlesstoeconomics,itwasamostusefulingredienttothedreamer,tothemoralizerondeclinesandfalls.Itwasafactthatwouldsoonbeforgotten—thatbitofdistinctioninpoorTess’sbloodandname,andoblivionwouldfalluponherhereditarylinkwiththemarblemonumentsandleadedskeletonsatKingsbere.SodoesTimeruthlesslydestroyhisownromances.

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