Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 47

           Ahastylunchwaseatenastheystood,withoutleavingtheirpositions,andthenanothercoupleofhoursbroughtthemneartodinner-time;theinexorablewheelcontinuingtospin,andthepenetratinghumofthethreshertothrilltotheverymarrowallwhowereneartherevolvingwire-cage.

           Theoldmenontherisingstraw-ricktalkedofthepastdayswhentheyhadbeenaccustomedtothreshwithflailsontheoakenbarn-door;wheneverything,eventowinnowing,waseffectedbyhand-labour,which,totheirthinking,thoughslow,producedbetterresults.Those,too,onthecorn-ricktalkedalittle;buttheperspiringonesatthemachine,includingTess,couldnotlightentheirdutiesbytheexchangeofmanywords.Itwastheceaselessnessoftheworkwhichtriedhersoseverely,andbegantomakeherwishthatshehadneversometoFlintcomb-Ash.Thewomenonthecorn-rickMarian,whowasoneofthem,inparticularcouldstoptodrinkaleorcoldteafromtheflagonnowandthen,ortoexchangeafewgossipingremarkswhiletheywipedtheirfacesorclearedthefragmentsofstrawandhuskfromtheirclothing;butforTesstherewasnorespite;for,asthedrumneverstopped,themanwhofeditcouldnotstop,andshe,whohadtosupplythemanwithuntiedsheaves,couldnotstopeither,unlessMarianchangedplaceswithher,whichshesometimesdidforhalfanhourinspiteofGroby’sobjectionsthatshewastooslow-handedforafeeder.

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