Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 20

           Onthegraymoistureofthegrassweremarkswherethecowshadlainthroughthenightdark-greenislandsofdryherbagethesizeoftheircarcasses,inthegeneralseaofdew.Fromeachislandproceededaserpentinetrail,bywhichthecowhadrambledawaytofeedaftergettingup,attheendofwhichtrailtheyfoundher;thesnoringpufffromhernostrils,whensherecognizedthem,makinganintenserlittlefogofherownamidtheprevailingone.Thentheydrovetheanimalsbacktothebarton,orsatdowntomilkthemonthespot,asthecasemightrequire.

           Orperhapsthesummerfogwasmoregeneral,andthemeadowslaylikeawhitesea,outofwhichthescatteredtreesroselikedangerousrocks.Birdswouldsoarthroughitintotheupperradiance,andhangonthewingsunningthemselves,oralightonthewetrailssubdividingthemead,whichnowshonelikeglassrods.Minutediamondsofmoisturefromthemisthung,too,uponTess’seyelashes,anddropsuponherhair,likeseedpearls.Whenthedaygrewquitestrongandcommonplacethesedriedoffher;moreover,Tessthenlostherstrangeandetherealbeauty;herteeth,lips,andeyesscintillatedinthesunbeamsandshewasagainthedazzlinglyfairdairymaidonly,whohadtoholdherownagainsttheotherwomenoftheworld.

           AboutthistimetheywouldhearDairymanCrick’svoice,lecturingthenon-residentmilkersforarrivinglate,andspeakingsharplytooldDeborahFyanderfornotwashingherhands

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