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Chapter 38

           HeproposedthatthecoupleshouldtakeTess’sownname,d’Urberville,asuncorrupted.Itwasbetterthanherhusbands’s.Heaskedifanyletterhadcomefromherthatday.

           ThenMrsDurbeyfieldinformedhimthatnoletterhadcome,butTessunfortunatelyhadcomeherself.

           Whenatlengththecollapsewasexplainedtohimasullenmortification,notusualwithDurbeyfield,overpoweredtheinfluenceofthecheeringglass.Yettheintrinsicqualityoftheeventmovedhistouchysensitivenesslessthanitsconjecturedeffectuponthemindsofothers.

           “Tothink,now,thatthiswastobetheendo’t!”saidSirJohn.“AndIwithafamilyvaultunderthattherechurchofKingsbereasbigasSquireJollard’sale-cellar,andmyfolklyingthereinsixesandsevens,asgenuinecountybonesandmarrowasanyrecordedinhistory.AndnowtobesurewhattheyfellersatRolliver’sandThePureDropwillsaytome!Howthey’llsquintandglane,andsay,‘Thisisyermightymatchisit;thisisyergettingbacktothetruelevelofyerforefathersinKingNorman’stime!’Ifeelthisistoomuch,Joan;Ishallputanendtomyself,titleandallIcanbearitnolonger!...Butshecanmakehimkeepherifhe’smarriedher?”

           “Why,yes.Butshewon’tthinko’doingthat.”

           “D’yethinkhereallyhavemarriedher?orisitlikethefirst

           PoorTess,whohadheardasfarasthis,couldnotbeartohearmore

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