Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 16

           

           Theriverhadstolenfromthehighertractsandbroughtinparticlestothevaleallthishorizontalland;andnow,exhausted,aged,andattenuated,layserpentiningalongthroughthemidstofitsformerspoils.

           NotquitesureofherdirectionTessstoodstilluponthehemmedexpanseofverdantflatness,likeaflyonabilliard-tableofindefinitelength,andofnomoreconsequencetothesurroundingsthanthatfly.Thesoleeffectofherpresenceupontheplacidvalleysofarhadbeentoexcitethemindofasolitaryheron,which,afterdescendingtothegroundnotfarfromherpath,stoodwithneckerect,lookingather.

           Suddenlytherearosefromallpartsofthelowlandaprolongedandrepeatedcall“Waow!waow!waow!”

           Fromthefurthesteasttothefurthestwestthecriesspreadasifbycontagion,accompaniedinsomecasesbythebarkingofadog.Itwasnottheexpressionofthevalley’sconsciousnessthatbeautifulTesshadarrived,buttheordinaryannouncementofmilking-timehalf-pastfouro’clock,whenthedairymensetaboutgettinginthecows.

           Theredandwhiteherdnearestathand,whichhadbeenphlegmaticallywaitingforthecall,nowtroopedtowardsthesteadinginthebackground,theirgreatbagsofmilkswingingunderthemastheywalked.Tessfollowedslowlyintheirrear,andenteredthebartonbytheopengatethroughwhichtheyhadenteredbeforeher.

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