Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 44

           ItwasthewomanwhohadbeendestinedforAngel’slife-companionbyhisandherparents,andwhomheprobablywouldhavemarriedbutforherintrusiveself.Shewouldhaveknowasmuchwithoutpreviousinformationifshehadwaitedamoment,foroneofthebrothersproceededtosay:“Ah!poorAngel,poorAngel!Ineverseethatnicegirlwithoutmoreandmoreregrettinghisprecipitancyinthrowinghimselfawayuponadairymaid,orwhatevershemaybe.Itisaqueerbusiness,apparently.WhethershehasjoinedhimyetornotIdon’tknow;butshehadnotdonesosomemonthsagowhenIheardfromhim.”

           “Ican’tsay.Henevertellsmeanythingnowadays.Hisill-consideredmarriageseemstohavecompletedthatestrangementfrommewhichwasbegunbyhisextraordinaryopinions.”

           Tessbeatupthelonghillstillfaster;butshecouldnotoutwalkthemwithoutexcitingnotice.Atlasttheyoutspedheraltogether,andpassedherby.Theyoungladystillfurtheraheadheardtheirfootstepsandturned.Thentherewasagreetingandashakingofhands,andthethreewentontogether.

           Theysoonreachedthesummitofthehill,and,evidentlyintendingthispointtobethelimitoftheirpromenade,slackenedpaceandturnedallthreeasidetothegatewhereatTesshadpausedanhourbeforethattimetoreconnoitrethetownbeforedescendingintoit.Duringtheirdiscourseoneoftheclericalbrothersprobedthehedgecarefullywithhisumbrella,anddraggedsomethingtolight.

           “Here’sapairofoldboots,”hesaid.“Thrownaway,Isuppose,bysometramporother.

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