Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 42

           

           ThusshewentforwardfromfarmtofarminthedirectionoftheplacewhenceMarianhadwrittentoher,whichshedeterminedtomakeuseofasalastshiftonly,itsrumouredstringenciesbeingthereverseoftempting.Firstsheinquiredforthelighterkindsofemployment,and,asacceptanceinanyvarietyofthesegrewhopeless,appliednextforthelesslight,till,beginningwiththedairyandpoultrytendancethatshelikedbest,sheendedwiththeheavyandcoursepursuitswhichshelikedleastworkonarableland:workofsuchroughness,indeed,asshewouldneverhavedeliberatelyvoluteeredfor.

           Towardsthesecondeveningshereachedtheirregularchalktable-landorplateau,bosomedwithsemi-globulartumuliasifCybeletheMany-breastedweresupinelyextendedtherewhichstretchedbetweenthevalleyofherbirthandthevalleyofherlove.

           Heretheairwasdryandcold,andthelongcart-roadswereblownwhiteanddustywithinafewhoursafterrain.Therewerefewtrees,ornone,thosethatwouldhavegrowninthehedgesbeingmercilesslyplasheddownwiththequicksetbythetenant-farmers,thenaturalenemiesoftree,bush,andbrake.InthemiddledistanceaheadofhershecouldseethesummitsofBulbarrowandofNettlecombeTout,andtheyseemedfriendly.Theyhadalowandunassumingaspectfromthisupland,thoughasapproachedontheothersidefromBlackmoorinherchildhoodtheywereasloftybastionsagainstthesky.

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