Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 57

           Hethenrequestedhertostaywhereshewas,whilsthewenttoseewhowaswithin.

           Shesatdownamongthebusheswithinthegate,andClarecrepttowardsthehouse.Hisabsencelastedsomeconsiderabletime,andwhenhereturnedTesswaswildlyanxious,notforherself,butforhim.Hehadfoundoutfromaboythattherewasonlyanoldwomaninchargeascaretaker,andsheonlycamethereonfinedays,fromthehamletnear,toopenandshutthewindows.Shewouldcometoshutthematsunset.“Now,wecangetinthroughoneofthelowerwindows,andrestthere,”saidhe.

           Underhisescortshewenttardilyforwardtothemainfront,whoseshutteredwindows,likesightlesseyeballs,excludedthepossibilityofwatchers.Thedoorwasreachedafewstepsfurther,andoneofthewindowsbesideitwasopen.Clareclamberedin,andpulledTessinafterhim.

           Exceptthehalltheroomswereallindarkness,andtheyascendedthestaircase.Upherealsotheshuttersweretightlyclosed,theventilationbeingperfunctorilydone,forthisdayatleast,byopeningthehall-windowinfrontandanupperwindowbehind.Clareunlatchedthedoorofalargechamber,felthiswayacrossit,andpartedtheshutterstothewidthoftwoorthreeinches.Ashaftofdazzlingsunlightglancedintotheroom,revealingheavy,old-fashionedfurniture,crimsondamaskhangings,andanenormousfour-postbedstead,alongtheheadofwhichwerecarvedrunningfigures,apparentlyAtalanta’srace.

           “Restatlast!”saidhe,settingdownhisbagandtheparcelofviands

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