Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 50

           Above,Jupiterhunglikeafull-blownjonquil,sobrightasalmosttothrowashade.Afewsmallnondescriptstarswereappearingelsewhere.Inthedistanceadogbarked,andwheelsoccasionallyrattledalongthedryroad.

           Stilltheprongscontinuedtoclickassiduously,foritwasnotlate;andthoughtheairwasfreshandkeentherewasawhisperofspringinitthatcheeredtheworkerson.Somethingintheplace,thehours,thecracklingfires,thefantasticmysteriesoflightandshade,madeothersaswellasTessenjoybeingthere.Nightfall,whichinthefrostofwintercomesasafiendandinthewarmthofsummerasalover,cameasatranquillizeronthisMarchday.

           Nobodylookedathisorhercompanions.Theeyesofallwereonthesoilasitsturnedsurfacewasrevealedbythefires.HenceasTessstirredtheclodsandsangherfoolishlittlesongswithscarcenowahopethatClarewouldeverhearthem,shedidnotforalongtimenoticethepersonwhoworkednearesttoheramaninalongsmockfrockwho,shefound,wasforkingthesameplotasherself,andwhomshesupposedherfatherhadsenttheretoadvancethework.Shebecamemoreconsciousofhimwhenthedirectionofhisdiggingbroughthimcloser.Sometimesthesmokedividedthem;thenitswerved,andthetwowerevisibletoeachotherbutdividedfromalltherest.

           Tessdidnotspeaktoherfellow-worker,nordidhespeaktoher.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 510 з 583