Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 58

           

           “Ithums,”saidshe.“Hearken!”

           Helistened.Thewind,playingupontheedifice,producedaboomingtune,likethenoteofsomegiganticone-stringedharp.Noothersoundcamefromit,andliftinghishandandadvancingasteportwo,Clarefelttheverticalsurfaceofthestructure.Itseemedtobeofsolidstone,withoutjointormoulding.Carryinghisfingersonwardhefoundthatwhathehadcomeincontactwithwasacolossalrectangularpillar;bystretchingouthislefthandhecouldfeelasimilaroneadjoining.Atanindefiniteheightoverheadsomethingmadetheblackskyblacker,whichhadthesemblanceofavastarchitraveunitingthepillarshorizontally.Theycarefullyenteredbeneathandbetween;thesurfacesechoedtheirsoftrustle;buttheyseemedtobestilloutofdoors.Theplacewasroofless.Tessdrewherbreathfearfully,andAngel,perplexed,said

           “Whatcanitbe?”

           Feelingsidewaystheyencounteredanothertower-likepillar,squareanduncompromisingasthefirst;beyonditanotherandanother.Theplacewasalldoorsandpillars,someconnectedabovebycontinuousarchitraves.

           “AveryTempleoftheWinds,”hesaid.

           Thenextpillarwasisolated;otherscomposedatrilithon;otherswereprostrate,theirflanksformingacausewaywideenoughforacarriageanditwassoonobviousthattheymadeupaforestofmonolithsgroupeduponthegrassyexpanseoftheplain.Thecoupleadvancedfurtherintothispavilionofthenighttilltheystoodinitsmidst.

           “ItisStonehenge!”saidClare.

           “Theheathentemple,youmean?”

           “Yes.

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