Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 43

           Tess,whocontinuedtoliveatthecottagewiththewarmgablethatcheeredanylonelypedestrianwhopausedbesideit,awokeinthenight,andheardabovethethatchnoiseswhichseemedtosignifythattheroofhadturneditselfintoagymnasiumofallthewinds.Whenshelitherlamptogetupinthemorningshefoundthatthesnowhadblownthroughachinkinthecasement,formingawhiteconeofthefinestpowderagainsttheinside,andhadalsocomedownthechimney,sothatitlaysole-deepuponthefloor,onwhichhershoeslefttrackswhenshemovedabout.Without,thestormdrovesofastastocreateasnow-mistinthekitchen;butasyetitwastoodarkout-of-doorstoseeanything.

           Tessknewthatitwasimpossibletogoonwiththeswedes;andbythetimeshehadfinishedbreakfastbesidethesolitarylittlelamp,Marianarrivedtotellherthattheyweretojointherestofthewomenatreed-drawinginthebarntilltheweatherchanged.Assoon,therefore,astheuniformcloakofdarknesswithoutbegantoturntoadisorderedmedleyofgrays,theyblewoutthelamp,wrappedthemselvesupintheirthickestpinners,tiedtheirwoollencravatsroundtheirnecksandacrosstheirchests,andstartedforthebarn.Thesnowhadfollowedthebirdsfromthepolarbasinasawhitepillarofacloud,andindividualflakescouldnotbeseen.Theblastsmeltoficebergs,arcticseas,whales,andwhitebears,carryingthesnowsothatitlickedthelandbutdidnotdeepenonit.

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