Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 5

           Yethewasnotanextravagant-mindedmaninthis,andinconstructinghisfamilytreeonthenewbasiswasdulyreasonableinframinghisinter-marriagesandaristocraticlinks,neverinsertingasingletitleabovearankofstrictmoderation.

           OfthisworkofimaginationpoorTessandherparentswerenaturallyinignorancemuchtotheirdiscomfiture;indeed,theverypossibilityofsuchannexationswasunknowntothem;whosupposedthat,thoughtobewell-favouredmightbethegiftoffortune,afamilynamecamebynature.

           Tessstillstoodhesitatinglikeabatherabouttomakehisplunge,hardlyknowingwhethertoretreatortopersevere,whenafigurecameforthfromthedarktriangulardoorofthetent.Itwasthatofatallyoungman,smoking.

           Hehadanalmostswarthycomplexion,withfulllips,badlymoulded,thoughredandsmooth,abovewhichwasawell-groomedblackmoustachewithcurledpoints,thoughhisagecouldnotbemorethanthree-orfour-and-twenty.Despitethetouchesofbarbarisminhiscontours,therewasasingularforceinthegentleman’sface,andinhisboldrollingeye.

           “Well,myBeauty,whatcanIdoforyou?”saidhe,comingforward.Andperceivingthatshestoodquiteconfounded:“Nevermindme.IamMrd’Urberville.Haveyoucometoseemeormymother?”

           Thisembodimentofad’UrbervilleandanamesakedifferedevenmorefromwhatTesshadexpectedthanthehouseandgroundshaddiffered.

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