Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 45

           Thelip-shapesthathadmeantseductivenesswerenowmadetoexpresssupplication;theglowonthecheekthatyesterdaycouldbetranslatedasriotousnesswasevangelizedtodayintothesplendourofpiousrhetoric;animalismhadbecomefanaticism;PaganismPaulinism;theboldrollingeyethathadflasheduponherformintheoldtimewithsuchmasterynowbeamedwiththerudeenergyofatheolatrythatwasalmostferocious.Thoseblackangularitieswhichhisfacehadusedtoputonwhenhiswisheswerethwartednowdiddutyinpicturingtheincorrigiblebacksliderwhowouldinsistuponturningagaintohiswallowinginthemire.

           Thelineaments,assuch,seemedtocomplain.TheyhadbeendivertedfromtheirhereditaryconnotationtosignifyimpressionsforwhichNaturedidnotintendthem.Strangethattheirveryelevationwasamisapplication,thattoraiseseemedtofalsify.

           Yetcoulditbeso?Shewouldadmittheungeneroussentimentnolonger.D’Urbervillewasnotthefirstwickedmanwhohadturnedawayfromhiswickednesstosavehissoulalive,andwhyshouldshedeemitunnaturalinhim?Itwasbuttheusageofthoughtwhichhadbeenjarredinherathearinggoodnewwordsinbadoldnotes.Thegreaterthesinnerthegreaterthesaint;itwasnotnecessarytodivefarintoChristianhistorytodiscoverthat.

           Suchimpressionsasthesemovedhervaguely,andwithoutstrictdefiniteness.Assoonasthenervelesspauseofhersurprisewouldallowhertostir,herimpulsewastopassonoutofhissight.

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