Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 21

           Marianwassoonsnoring,butIzzdidnotdropintoforgetfulnessforalongtime.RettyPriddlecriedherselftosleep.

           Thedeeper-passionedTesswasveryfarfromsleepingeventhen.Thisconversationwasanotherofthebitterpillsshehadbeenobligedtoswallowthatday.Scarcetheleastfeelingofjealousyaroseinherbreast.Forthatmattersheknewherselftohavethepreference.Beingmorefinelyformed,bettereducated,and,thoughtheyoungestexceptRetty,morewomanthaneither,sheperceivedthatonlytheslightestordinarycarewasnecessaryforholdingherowninAngelClare’sheartagainstthesehercandidfriends.Butthegravequestionwas,oughtshetodothis?Therewas,tobesure,hardlyaghostofachanceforeitherofthem,inaserioussense;buttherewas,orhadbeen,achanceofoneortheotherinspiringhimwithapassingfancyforher,andenjoyingthepleasureofhisattentionswhilehestayedhere.Suchunequalattachmentshadledtomarriage;andshehadheardfromMrsCrickthatMrClarehadonedayasked,inalaughingway,whatwouldbetheuseofhismarryingafinelady,andallthewhiletenthousandacresofColonialpasturetofeed,andcattletorear,andcorntoreap.Afarm-womanwouldbetheonlysensiblekindofwifeforhim

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