Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 37

           

           Atbreakfast,andwhiletheywerepackingthefewremainingarticles,heshowedhiswearinessfromthenight’seffortsounmistakeablythatTesswasonthepointofrevealingallthathadhappened;butthereflectionthatitwouldangerhim,grievehim,stultifyhim,toknowthathehadinstinctivelymanifestedafondnessforherofwhichhiscommon-sensedidnotapprove;thathisinclinationhadcompromisedhisdignitywhenreasonslept,againdeterredher.Itwastoomuchlikelaughingatamanwhensoberforhiserraticdeedsduringintoxication.

           Itjustcrossedhermind,too,thathemighthaveafaintrecollectionofhistendervagary,andwasdisinclinedtoalludetoitfromaconvictionthatshewouldtakeamatoryadvantageoftheopportunityitgaveherofappealingtohimanewnottogo.

           Hehadorderedbyletteravehiclefromthenearesttown,andsoonafterbreakfastitarrived.Shesawinitthebeginningoftheendthetemporaryend,atleast,fortherevelationofhistendernessbytheincidentofthenightraiseddreamsofapossiblefuturewithhim.Theluggagewasputonthetop,andthemandrovethemoff,themillerandtheoldwaiting-womanexpressingsomesurpriseattheirprecipitatedeparture,whichClareattributedtohisdiscoverythatthemill-workwasnotofthemodernkindwhichhewishedtoinvestigate,astatementthatwastruesofarasitwent.BeyondthistherewasnothinginthemanneroftheirleavingtosuggestaFIASCO,orthattheywerenotgoingtogethertovisitfriends.

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