Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 14

           

           Atintervalsshestandsuptorest,andtoretieherdisarrangedapron,ortopullherbonnetstraight.Thenonecanseetheovalfaceofahandsomeyoungwomanwithdeepdarkeyesandlongheavyclingingtresses,whichseemtoclaspinabeseechingwayanythingtheyfallagainst.Thecheeksarepaler,theteethmoreregular,theredlipsthinnerthanisusualinacountry-bredgirl.

           ItisTessDurbeyfield,otherwised’Urberville,somewhatchangedthesame,butnotthesame;atthepresentstageofherexistencelivingasastrangerandanalienhere,thoughitwasnostrangelandthatshewasin.Afteralongseclusionshehadcometoaresolvetoundertakeoutdoorworkinhernativevillage,thebusiestseasonoftheyearintheagriculturalworldhavingarrived,andnothingthatshecoulddowithinthehousebeingsoremunerativeforthetimeasharvestinginthefields.

           ThemovementsoftheotherwomenweremoreorlesssimilartoTess’s,thewholebevyofthemdrawingtogetherlikedancersinaquadrilleatthecompletionofasheafbyeach,everyoneplacinghersheafonendagainstthoseoftherest,tillashock,or“stitch”asitwasherecalled,oftenoradozenwasformed.

           Theywenttobreakfast,andcameagain,andtheworkproceededasbefore.AsthehourofelevendrewnearapersonwatchinghermighthavenoticedthateverynowandthenTess’sglanceflittedwistfullytothebrowofthehill,thoughshedidnotpauseinhersheafing.

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