Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 9

           

           “Ah,youaretheyoungwomancometolookaftermybirds?”saidMrsd’Urberville,recognizinganewfootstep.“Ihopeyouwillbekindtothem.Mybailifftellsmeyouarequitetheproperperson.Well,wherearethey?Ah,thisisStrut!Butheishardlysolivelytoday,ishe?Heisalarmedatbeinghandledbyastranger,Isuppose.AndPhenatooyes,theyarealittlefrightenedaren’tyou,dears?Buttheywillsoongetusedtoyou.”

           WhiletheoldladyhadbeenspeakingTessandtheothermaid,inobediencetohergestures,hadplacedthefowlsseverallyinherlap,andshehadfeltthemoverfromheadtotail,examiningtheirbeaks,theircombs,themanesofthecocks,theirwinds,andtheirclaws.Hertouchenabledhertorecognizetheminamoment,andtodiscoverifasinglefeatherwerecrippledordraggled.Shehandledtheircrops,andknewwhattheyhadeaten,andiftoolittleortoomuch;herfaceenactingavividpantomimeofthecriticismspassinginhermind.

           Thebirdsthatthetwogirlshadbroughtinweredulyreturnedtotheyard,andtheprocesswasrepeatedtillallthepetcocksandhenshadbeensubmittedtotheoldwomanHamburghs,Bantams,Cochins,Brahmas,Dorkings,andsuchothersortsaswereinfashionjustthenherperceptionofeachvisitorbeingseldomatfaultasshereceivedthebirduponherknees.

           ItremindedTessofaConfirmation,inwhichMrsd’Urbervillewasthebishop,thefowlstheyoungpeoplepresented,andherselfandthemaid-servanttheparsonandcurateoftheparishbringingthemup.

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