Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 47

           Thelongchimneyrunningupbesideanash-tree,andthewarmthwhichradiatedfromthespot,explainedwithoutthenecessityofmuchdaylightthatherewastheenginewhichwastoactasthePRIMUMMOBILEofthislittleworld.Bytheenginestoodadarkmotionlessbeing,asootyandgrimyembodimentoftallness,inasortoftrance,withaheapofcoalsbyhisside:itwastheengineman.TheisolationofhismannerandcolourlenthimtheappearanceofacreaturefromTophet,whohadstrayedintothepellucidsmokelessnessofthisregionofyellowgrainandpalesoil,withwhichhehadnothingincommon,toamazeandtodiscomposeitsaborigines.

           Whathelookedhefelt.Hewasintheagriculturalworld,butnotofit.Heservedfireandsmoke;thesedenizensofthefieldsservedvegetation,weather,frost,andsun.Hetravelledwithhisenginefromfarmtofarm,fromcountytocounty,forasyetthesteamthreshing-machinewasitinerantinthispartofWessex.Hespokeinastrangenorthernaccent;histhoughtsbeingturnedinwardsuponhimself,hiseyeonhisironcharge,hardlyperceivingthescenesaroundhim,andcaringforthemnotatall:holdingonlystrictlynecessaryintercoursewiththenatives,asifsomeancientdoomcompelledhimtowanderhereagainsthiswillintheserviceofhisPlutonicmaster.Thelongstrapwhichranfromthedriving-wheelofhisenginetotheredthresherundertherickwasthesoletie-linebetweenagricultureandhim.

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