Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 41

           Toletherparentsknowthatshewasadesertedwife,dependent,nowthatshehadrelievedtheirnecessities,onherownhandsforaliving,aftertheECLATofamarriagewhichwastonullifythecollapseofthefirstattempt,wouldbetoomuchindeed.

           Thesetofbrilliantsreturnedtohermind.WhereClarehaddepositedthemshedidnotknow,anditmatteredlittle,ifitweretruethatshecouldonlyuseandnotsellthem.Evenweretheyabsolutelyhersitwouldbepassingmeantoenrichherselfbyalegaltitletothemwhichwasnotessentiallyhersatall.

           Meanwhileherhusband’sdayshadbeenbynomeansfreefromtrial.AtthismomenthewaslyingilloffeverintheclaylandsnearCuritibainBrazil,havingbeendrenchedwiththunder-stormsandpersecutedbyotherhardships,incommonwithalltheEnglishfarmersandfarm-labourerswho,justatthistime,weredeludedintogoingthitherbythepromisesoftheBrazilianGovernment,andbythebaselessassumptionthatthoseframeswhich,ploughingandsowingonEnglishuplands,hadresistedalltheweatherstowhosemoodstheyhadbeenborn,couldresistequallywellalltheweathersbywhichtheyweresurprisedonBrazilianplains.

           Toreturn.ThusithappenedthatwhenthelastofTess’ssovereignshadbeenspentshewasunprovidedwithotherstotaketheirplace,whileonaccountoftheseasonshefounditincreasinglydifficulttogetemployment.

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