Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 5

           FarbehindthecornerofthehousewhichroselikeageraniumbloomagainstthesubduedcoloursaroundstretchedthesoftazurelandscapeofTheChaseatrulyvenerabletractofforestland,oneofthefewremainingwoodlandsinEnglandofundoubtedprimaevaldate,whereinDruidicalmistletoewasstillfoundonagedoaks,andwhereenormousyew-trees,notplantedbythehandofmangrewastheyhadgrownwhentheywerepollardedforbows.Allthissylvanantiquity,however,thoughvisiblefromTheSlopes,wasoutsidetheimmediateboundariesoftheestate.

           Everythingonthissnugpropertywasbright,thriving,andwellkept;acresofglass-housesstretcheddowntheinclinestothecopsesattheirfeet.EverythinglookedlikemoneylikethelastcoinissuedfromtheMint.Thestables,partlyscreenedbyAustrianpinesandevergreenoaks,andfittedwitheverylateappliance,wereasdignifiedasChapels-of-Ease.Ontheextensivelawnstoodanornamentaltent,itsdoorbeingtowardsher.

           SimpleTessDurbeyfieldstoodatgaze,inahalf-alarmedattitude,ontheedgeofthegravelsweep.Herfeethadbroughtheronwardtothispointbeforeshehadquiterealizedwhereshewas;andnowallwascontrarytoherexpectation.

           “Ithoughtwewereanoldfamily;butthisisallnew!”shesaid,inherartlessness.Shewishedthatshehadnotfalleninsoreadilywithhermother’splansfor“claimingkin,”andhadendeavouredtogainassistancenearerhome.

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