Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 52

           “Thisisindeedafamilygatheringonthehistoricspot!”

           ItwasAlecd’Urberville.“WhereisTess?”heasked.

           PersonallyJoanhadnolikingforAlec.Shecursorilysignifiedthedirectionofthechurch,andwenton,d’Urbervillesayingthathewouldseethemagain,incasetheyshouldbestillunsuccessfulintheirsearchforshelter,ofwhichhehadjustheard.Whentheyhadgoned’Urbervillerodetotheinn,andshortlyaftercameoutonfoot.

           IntheinterimTess,leftwiththechildreninsidethebedstead,remainedtalkingwiththemawhile,till,seeingthatnomorecouldbedonetomakethemcomfortablejustthen,shewalkedaboutthechurchyard,nowbeginningtobeembrownedbytheshadesofnightfall.Thedoorofthechurchwasunfastened,andsheentereditforthefirsttimeinherlife.

           Withinthewindowunderwhichthebedsteadstoodwerethetombsofthefamily,coveringintheirdatesseveralcenturies.Theywerecanopied,alter-shaped,andplain;theircarvingsbeingdefacedandbroken;theirbrassestornfromthematrices,therivet-holesremaininglikemartin-holesinasandcliff.Ofalltheremindersthatshehadeverreceivedthatherpeopleweresociallyextincttherewasnonesoforcibleasthisspoliation.

           Shedrewneartoadarkstoneonwhichwasinscribed:

           OSTIUMSEPULCHRIANTIQUAEFAMILIAED’URBERVILLE

           TessdidnotreadChurch-LatinlikeaCardinal,butsheknewthatthiswasthedoorofherancestralsepulchre,andthatthetallknightsofwhomherfatherhadchantedinhiscupslayinside.

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