Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 17

           Itwasnotthelossforthemomentthatmadeslackmilkingsoserious,butthatwiththedeclineofdemandtherecamedecline,andultimatelycessation,ofsupply.

           AfterTesshadsettleddowntohercowtherewasforatimenotalkinthebarton,andnotasoundinterferedwiththepurrofthemilk-jetsintothenumerouspails,exceptamomentaryexclamationtooneorotherofthebeastrequestinghertoturnroundorstandstill.Theonlymovementswerethoseofthemilkers’handsupanddown,andtheswingofthecows’tails.Thustheyallworkedon,encompassedbythevastflatmeadwhichextendedtoeitherslopeofthevalleyalevellandscapecompoundedofoldlandscapeslongforgotten,and,nodoubt,differingincharacterverygreatlyfromthelandscapetheycomposednow.

           “Tomythinking,”saidthedairyman,risingsuddenlyfromacowhehadjustfinishedoff,snatchinguphisthree-leggedstoolinonehandandthepailintheother,andmovingontothenexthard-yielderinhisvicinity;“tomythinking,thecowsdon’tgiedowntheirmilktodayasusual.Uponmylife,ifWinkerdobeginkeepingbacklikethis,she’llnotbeworthgoingunderbymidsummer.”

           “’Tisbecausethere’sanewhandcomeamongus,’saidJonathanKail.“I’venoticedsuchthingsafore.”

           “Tobesure.Itmaybeso.Ididn’tthinko’t.”

           “I’vebeentoldthatitgoesupintotheirhornsatsuchtimes,”saidadairymaid.

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