Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 25

           Theywerehisfatherandmother,hisbrothertheReverendFelixcurateatatownintheadjoiningcounty,homefortheinsideofafortnightandhisotherbrother,theReverendCuthbert,theclassicalscholar,andFellowandDeanofhisCollege,downfromCambridgeforthelongvacation.Hismotherappearedinacapandsilverspectacles,andhisfatherlookedwhatinfacthewasanearnest,God-fearingman,somewhatgaunt,inyearsaboutsixty-five,hispalefacelinedwiththoughtandpurpose.OvertheirheadshungthepictureofAngel’ssister,theeldestofthefamily,sixteenyearshissenior,whohadmarriedamissionaryandgoneouttoAfrica.

           OldMrClarewasaclergymanofatypewhich,withinthelasttwentyyears,haswellnighdroppedoutofcontemporarylife.AspiritualdescendantinthedirectlinefromWycliff,Huss,Luther,Calvin;anEvangelicaloftheEvangelicals,aConversionist,amanofApostolicsimplicityinlifeandthought,hehadinhisrawyouthmadeuphismindonceforallinthedeeperquestionsofexistence,andadmittednofurtherreasoningonthemthenceforward.Hewasregardedevenbythosehisowndateandschoolofthinkingasextreme;while,ontheotherhand,thosetotallyopposedtohimwereunwillinglywontoadmirationforhisthoroughness,andfortheremarkablepowerheshowedindismissingallquestionastoprinciplesinhisenergyforapplyingthem.HelovedPaulofTarsus,likedStJohn,hatedStJamesasmuchashedared,andregardedwithmixedfeelingsTimothy,Titus,andPhilemon.

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