Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 54

           ThevillagebeingsmallhehadlittledifficultyinfindingMrsDurbeyfield’stenement,whichwasahouseinawalledgarden,remotefromthemainroad,whereshehadstowedawayherclumsyoldfurnitureasbestshecould.Itwasplainthatforsomereasonorothershehadnotwishedhimtovisither,andhefelthiscalltobesomewhatofanintrusion.Shecametothedoorherself,andthelightfromtheeveningskyfelluponherface.

           ThiswasthefirsttimethatClarehadevermether,buthewastoopreoccupiedtoobservemorethanthatshewasstillahandsomewoman,inthegarbofarespectablewidow.HewasobligedtoexplainthathewasTess’shusband,andhisobjectincomingthere,andhediditawkwardlyenough.“Iwanttoseeheratonce,”headded.“Yousaidyouwouldwritetomeagain,butyouhavenotdoneso.”

           “Becauseshe’venotcomehome,”saidJoan.

           “Doyouknowifsheiswell?”

           “Idon’t.Butyououghtto,sir,”saidshe.

           “Iadmitit.Whereisshestaying?”

           FromthebeginningoftheinterviewJoanhaddisclosedherembarrassmentbykeepingherhandtothesideofhercheek.

           “I—don’tknowexactlywheresheisstaying,”sheanswered.“Shewasbut

           “Wherewasshe?”

           “Well,sheisnottherenow.”

           Inherevasivenessshepausedagain,andtheyoungerchildrenhadbythistimecrepttothedoor,where,pullingathismother’sskirts,theyoungestmurmured

           “IsthisthegentlemanwhoisgoingtomarryTess?”

           “Hehasmarriedher,”Joanwhispered.“Goinside

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