Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 19

           Therewasnodistinctionbetweenthenearandthefar,andanauditorfeltclosetoeverythingwithinthehorizon.Thesoundlessnessimpressedherasapositiveentityratherthanasthemerenegationofnoise.Itwasbrokenbythestrummingofstrings.Tesshadheardthosenotesintheatticaboveherhead.Dim,flattened,constrainedbytheirconfinement,theyhadneverappealedtoherasnow,whentheywanderedinthestillairwithastarkqualitylikethatofnudity.Tospeakabsolutely,bothinstrumentandexecutionwerepoor;buttherelativeisall,andasshelistenedTess,likeafascinatedbird,couldnotleavethespot.Farfromleavingshedrewuptowardstheperformer,keepingbehindthehedgethathemightnotguessherpresence.

           TheoutskirtofthegardeninwhichTessfoundherselfhadbeenleftuncultivatedforsomeyears,andwasnowdampandrankwithjuicygrasswhichsentupmistsofpollenatatouch;andwithtallbloomingweedsemittingoffensivesmellsweedswhoseredandyellowandpurplehuesformedapolychromeasdazzlingasthatofcultivatedflowers.Shewentstealthilyasacatthroughthisprofusionofgrowth,gatheringcuckoo-spittleonherskirts,crackingsnailsthatwereunderfoot,stainingherhandswiththistle-milkandslug-slime,andrubbingoffuponhernakedarmsstickyblightswhich,thoughsnow-whiteontheapple-treetrunks,mademadderstainsonherskin;thusshedrewquiteneartoClare,stillunobservedofhim.

           Tesswasconsciousofneithertimenorspace.

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