Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 11

           

           Whyitwasthatuponthisbeautifulfemininetissue,sensitiveasgossamer,andpracticallyblankassnowasyet,thereshouldhavebeentracedsuchacoarsepatternasitwasdoomedtoreceive;whysooftenthecoarseappropriatesthefinerthus,thewrongmanthewoman,thewrongwomantheman,manythousandyearsofanalyticalphilosophyhavefailedtoexplaintooursenseoforder.Onemay,indeed,admitthepossibilityofaretributionlurkinginthepresentcatastrophe.DoubtlesssomeofTessd’Urberville’smailedancestorsrollickinghomefromafrayhaddealtthesamemeasureevenmoreruthlesslytowardspeasantgirlsoftheirtime.Butthoughtovisitthesinsofthefathersuponthechildrenmaybeamoralitygoodenoughfordivinities,itisscornedbyaveragehumannature;anditthereforedoesnotmendthematter.

           AsTess’sownpeopledowninthoseretreatsarenevertiredofsayingamongeachotherintheirfatalisticway:“Itwastobe.”Therelaythepityofit.Animmeasurablesocialchasmwastodivideourheroine’spersonalitythereafterfromthatpreviousselfofherswhosteppedfromhermother’sdoortotryherfortuneatTrantridgepoultry-farm.

           

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