Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 14

           Therewasonewearingapalepinkjacket,anotherinacream-colouredtight-sleevedgown,anotherinapetticoatasredasthearmsofthereaping-machine;andothers,older,inthebrown-rough“wropper”orover-alltheold-establishedandmostappropriatedressofthefield-woman,whichtheyoungoneswereabandoning.Thismorningtheeyereturnsinvoluntarilytothegirlinthepinkcottonjacket,shebeingthemostflexuousandfinely-drawnfigureofthemall.Butherbonnetispulledsofaroverherbrowthatnoneofherfaceisdisclosedwhileshebinds,thoughhercomplexionmaybeguessedfromastraytwineortwoofdarkbrownhairwhichextendsbelowthecurtainofherbonnet.Perhapsonereasonwhysheseducescasualattentionisthatshenevercourtsit,thoughtheotherwomenoftengazearoundthem.

           Herbindingproceedswithclock-likemonotony.Fromthesheaflastfinishedshedrawsahandfulofears,pattingtheirtipswithherleftpalmtobringthemeven.Thenstoopinglowshemovesforward,gatheringthecornwithbothhandsagainstherknees,andpushingherleftglovedhandunderthebundletomeettherightontheotherside,holdingthecorninanembracelikethatofalover.Shebringstheendsofthebondtogether,andkneelsonthesheafwhileshetiesit,beatingbackherskirtsnowandthenwhenliftedbythebreeze.Abitofhernakedarmisvisiblebetweenthebuffleatherofthegauntletandthesleeveofhergown;andasthedaywearsonitsfemininesmoothnessbecomesscarifiedbythestubble,andbleeds.

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