Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 44

           

           “Someimposterwhowishedtocomeintothetownbarefoot,perhaps,andsoexciteoursympathies,”saidMissChant.“Yes,itmusthavebeen,fortheyareexcellentwalking-bootsbynomeanswornout.Whatawickedthingtodo!I’llcarrythemhomeforsomepoorperson.”

           CuthbertClare,whohadbeentheonetofindthem,pickedthemupforherwiththecrookofhisstick;andTess’sbootswereappropriated.

           She,whohadheardthis,walkedpastunderthescreenofherwoollenveil,till,presentlylookingback,sheperceivedthatthechurchpartyhadleftthegatewithherbootsandretreateddownthehill.

           Thereuponourheroineresumedherwalk.Tears,blindingtears,wererunningdownherface.Sheknewthatitwasallsentiment,allbaselessimpressibility,whichhadcausedhertoreadthesceneasherowncondemnation;neverthelessshecouldnotgetoverit;shecouldnotcontraveneinherowndefencelesspersonallthoseuntowardomens.ItwasimpossibletothinkofreturningtotheVicarage.Angel’swifefeltalmostasifshehadbeenhoundedupthathilllikeascornedthingbythosetohersuperfineclerics.Innocentlyastheslighthadbeeninflicted,itwassomewhatunfortunatethatshehadencounteredthesonsandnotthefather,who,despitehisnarrowness,wasfarlessstarchedandironedthanthey,andhadtothefullthegiftofcharity.Assheagainthoughofherdustybootsshealmostpitiedthosehabilimentsforthequizzingtowhichtheyhadbeensubjected,andfelthowhopelesslifewasfortheirowner.

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