Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 49

           

           Thecursoryremarksofthelarge-mindedstranger,ofwhomheknewabsolutelynothingbeyondacommonplacename,weresublimedbyhisdeath,andinfluencedClaremorethanallthereasonedethicsofthephilosophers.Hisownparochialismmadehimashamedbyitscontrast.Hisinconsistenciesrusheduponhiminaflood.HehadpersistentlyelevatedHellenicPaganismattheexpenseofChristianity;yetinthatcivilizationanillegalsurrenderwasnotcertaindisesteem.Surelythenhemighthaveregardedthatabhorrenceoftheun-intactstate,whichhehadinheritedwiththecreedofmysticism,asatleastopentocorrectionwhentheresultwasduetotreachery.Aremorsestruckintohim.ThewordsofIzzHuett,neverquitestilledinhismemory,camebacktohim.HehadaskedIzzifshelovedhim,andshehadrepliedintheaffirmative.DidshelovehimmorethanTessdid?No,shehadreplied;Tesswouldlaydownherlifeforhim,andsheherselfcoulddonomore.

           HethoughtofTessasshehadappearedonthedayofthewedding.Howhereyeshadlingereduponhim;howshehadhunguponhiswordsasiftheywereagod’s!Andduringtheterribleeveningoverthehearth,whenhersimplesouluncovereditselftohis,howpitifulherfacehadlookedbytheraysofthefire,inherinabilitytorealizethathisloveandprotectioncouldpossiblybewithdrawn.

           Thusfrombeinghercritichegrewtobeheradvocate.Cynicalthingshehadutteredtohimselfabouther;butnomancanbealwaysacynicandlive;andhewithdrewthem.

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