Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 5

           

           Everydayseemedtothrowuponheryoungshouldersmoreofthefamilyburdens,andthatTessshouldbetherepresentativeoftheDurbeyfieldsatthed’Urbervillemansioncameasathingofcourse.InthisinstanceitmustbeadmittedthattheDurbeyfieldswereputtingtheirfairestsideoutward.

           ShealightedfromthevanatTrantridgeCross,andascendedonfootahillinthedirectionofthedistrictknownasTheChase,onthebordersofwhich,asshehadbeeninformed,Mrsd’Urberville’sseat,TheSlopes,wouldbefound.Itwasnotamanorialhomeintheordinarysense,withfields,andpastures,andagrumblingfarmer,outofwhomtheownerhadtosqueezeanincomeforhimselfandhisfamilybyhookorbycrook.Itwasmore,farmore;acountry-housebuiltforenjoymentpureandsimple,withnotanacreoftroublesomelandattachedtoitbeyondwhatwasrequiredforresidentialpurposes,andforalittlefancyfarmkeptinhandbytheowner,andtendedbyabailiff.

           Thecrimsonbricklodgecamefirstinsight,uptoitseavesindenseevergreens.Tessthoughtthiswasthemansionitselftill,passingthroughthesidewicketwithsometrepidation,andonwardtoapointatwhichthedrivetookaturn,thehouseproperstoodinfullview.Itwasofrecenterectionindeedalmostnewandofthesamerichredcolourthatformedsuchacontrastwiththeevergreensofthelodge.

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