Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 5

           

           Thed’UrbervillesorStoke-d’Urbervilles,astheyatfirstcalledthemselveswhoownedallthis,wereasomewhatunusualfamilytofindinsuchanold-fashionedpartofthecountry.ParsonTringhamhadspokentrulywhenhesaidthatourshamblingJohnDurbeyfieldwastheonlyreallylinealrepresentativeoftheoldd’Urbervillefamilyexistinginthecounty,ornearit;hemighthaveadded,whatheknewverywell,thattheStoke-d’Urbervilleswerenomored’Urbervillesofthetruetreethenhewashimself.Yetitmustbeadmittedthatthisfamilyformedaverygoodstockwhereontoregraftanamewhichsadlywantedsuchrenovation.

           WhenoldMrSimonStoke,latterlydeceased,hadmadehisfortuneasanhonestmerchant(somesaidmoney-lender)intheNorth,hedecidedtosettleasacountymanintheSouthofEngland,outofhailofhisbusinessdistrict;andindoingthishefeltthenecessityofrecommencingwithanamethatwouldnottooreadilyidentifyhimwiththesmarttradesmanofthepast,andthatwouldbelesscommonplacethantheoriginalbaldstarkwords.ConningforanhourintheBritishMuseumthepagesofworksdevotedtoextinct,half-extinct,obscured,andruinedfamiliesappertainingtothequarterofEnglandinwhichheproposedtosettle,heconsideredthatD’URBERVILLElookedandsoundedaswellasanyofthem:andd’Urbervilleaccordinglywasannexedtohisownnameforhimselfandhisheirseternally.

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