Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 18

           AtclosequartersnoHodgewastobeseen.Atfirst,itistrue,whenClare’sintelligencewasfreshfromacontrastingsociety,thesefriendswithwhomhenowhobnobbedseemedalittlestrange.Sittingdownasalevelmemberofthedairyman’shouseholdseemedattheoutsetanundignifiedproceeding.Theideas,themodes,thesurroundings,appearedretrogressiveandunmeaning.Butwithlivingonthere,dayafterday,theacutesojournerbecameconsciousofanewaspectinthespectacle.Withoutanyobjectivechangewhatever,varietyhadtakentheplaceofmonotonousness.Hishostandhishost’shousehold,hismenandhismaids,astheybecameintimatelyknowntoClare,begantodifferentiatethemselvesasinachemicalprocess.ThethoughtofPascal’swasbroughthometohim:“AMESUREQU’ONAPLUSD’ESPRIT,ONTROUVEQU’ILYAPLUSD’HOMMESORIGINAUX.LESGENSDUCOMMUNNETROUVENTPASDEDIFFERENCEENTRELESHOMMES.”ThetypicalandunvaryingHodgeceasedtoexist.Hehadbeendisintegratedintoanumberofvariedfellow-creaturesbeingsofmanyminds,beingsinfiniteindifference;somehappy,manyserene,afewdepressed,onehereandtherebrighteventogenius,somestupid,otherswanton,othersaustere;somemutelyMiltonic,somepotentiallyCromwellian;intomenwhohadprivateviewsofeachother,ashehadofhisfriends;whocouldapplaudorcondemneachother,amuseorsaddenthemselvesbythecontemplationofeachother’sfoiblesorvices;meneveryoneofwhomwalkedinhisownindividualwaytheroadtodustydeath.

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