Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 43

           Tess’sunassistedpowerofdreaming,however,beingenoughforhersublimationatpresent,shedeclinedexceptthemerestsip,andthenMariantookapullfromthespirits.

           “I’vegotusedtoit,”shesaid,“andcan’tleaveitoffnow.’TismyonlycomfortYouseeIlosthim:youdidn’t;andyoucandowithoutitperhaps.”

           TessthoughtherlossasgreatasMarian’s,butupheldbythedignityofbeingAngel’swife,intheletteratleast,sheacceptedMarian’sdifferentiation.

           AmidthissceneTessslavedinthemorningfrostsandintheafternoonrains.Whenitwasnotswede-grubbingitwasswede-trimming,inwhichprocesstheyslicedofftheearthandthefibreswithabill-hookbeforestoringtherootsforfutureuse.Atthisoccupationtheycouldshelterthemselvesbyathatchedhurdleifitrained;butifitwasfrostyeventheirthickleatherglovescouldnotpreventthefrozenmassestheyhandledfrombitingtheirfingers.StillTesshoped.ShehadaconvictionthatsoonerorlaterthemagnanimitywhichshepersistedinreckoningasachiefingredientofClare’scharacterwouldleadhimtorejoinher.

           Marian,primedtoahumorousmood,woulddiscoverthequeer-shapedflintsaforesaid,andshriekwithlaughter,Tessremainingseverelyobtuse.TheyoftenlookedacrossthecountrytowheretheVarorFroomwasknowtostretch,eventhoughtheymightnotbeabletoseeit;and,fixingtheireyesonthecloakinggraymist,imaginedtheoldtimestheyhadspentoutthere.

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