Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 15

           Topersonsoflimitedspheres,milesareasgeographicaldegrees,parishesascounties,countiesasprovincesandkingdoms.Ononepointshewasresolved:thereshouldbenomored’Urbervilleair-castlesinthedreamsanddeedsofhernewlife.ShewouldbethedairymaidTess,andnothingmore.HermotherknewTess’sfeelingonthispointsowell,thoughnowordshadpassedbetweenthemonthesubject,thatsheneveralludedtotheknightlyancestrynow.

           Yetsuchishumaninconsistencythatoneoftheinterestsofthenewplacetoherwastheaccidentalvirtuesofitslyingnearherforefathers’country(fortheywerenotBlakemoremen,thoughhermotherwasBlakemoretothebone).ThedairycalledTalbothays,forwhichshewasbound,stoodnotremotelyfromsomeoftheformerestatesofthed’Urbervilles,nearthegreatfamilyvaultsofhergranddamesandtheirpowerfulhusbands.Shewouldbeabletolookatthem,andthinknotonlythatd’Urberville,likeBabylon,hadfallen,butthattheindividualinnocenceofahumbledescendantcouldlapseassilently.Allthewhileshewonderedifanystrangegoodthingmightcomeofherbeinginherancestralland;andsomespiritwithinherroseautomaticallyasthesapinthetwigs.Itwasunexpectedyouth,surgingupanewafteritstemporarycheck,andbringingwithithope,andtheinvincibleinstincttowardsself-delight.

           

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