Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 19

           

           But,beforeventuringtomaketherevelation,dubiousTessindirectlysoundedthedairymanastoitspossibleeffectuponMrClare,byaskingtheformerifMrClarehadanygreatrespectforoldcountyfamilieswhentheyhadlostalltheirmoneyandland.

           “MrClare,”saidthedairymanemphatically,“isoneofthemostrebellestrozumsyoueverknowednotabitliketherestofhisfamily;andifthere’sonethingthathedohatemorethananother’tisthenotionofwhat’scalleda’oldfamily.Hesaysthatitstandstoreasonthatoldfamilieshavedonetheirspurtofworkinpastdays,andcan’thaveanythingleftin’emnow.There’stheBilletsandtheDrenkhardsandtheGreysandtheStQuintinsandtheHardysandtheGoulds,whousedtoownthelandsformilesdownthisvalley;youcouldbuy’emallupnowforanoldsonga’most.Why,ourlittleRettyPriddlehere,youknow,isoneoftheParidellestheoldfamilythatusedtoownlotso’thelandsoutbyKing’sHintocknowownedbytheEarlo’Wessex,aforeevenheorhiswasheardof.Well,MrClarefoundthisout,andspokequitescornfultothepoorgirlfordays

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