Chapter 32

           

           Thispenitentialmoodkeptherfromnamingthewedding-day.ThebeginningofNovemberfounditsdatestillinabeyance,thoughheaskedheratthemosttemptingtimes.ButTess’sdesireseemedtobeforaperpetualbetrothalinwhicheverythingshouldremainasitwasthen.

           Themeadswerechangingnow;butitwasstillwarmenoughinearlyafternoonsbeforemilkingtoidlethereawhile,andthestateofdairy-workatthistimeofyearallowedasparehourforidling.Lookingoverthedampsodinthedirectionofthesun,aglisteningrippleofgossamerwebswasvisibletotheireyesundertheluminary,likethetrackofmoonlightonthesea.Gnats,knowingnothingoftheirbriefglorification,wanderedacrosstheshimmerofthispathway,irradiatedasiftheyborefirewithinthem,thenpassedoutofitsline,andwerequiteextinct.Inthepresenceofthesethingshewouldremindherthatthedatewasstillthequestion.

           Orhewouldaskheratnight,whenheaccompaniedheronsomemissioninventedbyMrsCricktogivehimtheopportunity.Thiswasmostlyajourneytothefarmhouseontheslopesabovethevale,toinquirehowtheadvancedcowsweregettingoninthestraw-bartontowhichtheywererelegated.Foritwasatimeoftheyearthatbroughtgreatchangestotheworldofkine.Batchesoftheanimalsweresentawaydailytothislying-inhospital,wheretheylivedonstrawtilltheircalveswereborn,afterwhichevent,andassoonasthecalfcouldwalk,motherandoffspringweredrivenbacktothedairy.

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