Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 4

           

           Agauntfour-postbedsteadwhichstoodintheroomaffordedsitting-spaceforseveralpersonsgatheredroundthreeofitssides;acouplemoremenhadelevatedthemselvesonachestofdrawers;anotherrestedontheoak-carved“cwoffer”;twoonthewash-stand;anotheronthestool;andthusallwere,somehow,seatedattheirease.Thestageofmentalcomforttowhichtheyhadarrivedatthishourwasonewhereintheirsoulsexpandedbeyondtheirskins,andspreadtheirpersonalitieswarmlythroughtheroom.Inthisprocessthechamberanditsfurnituregrewmoreandmoredignifiedandluxurious;theshawlhangingatthewindowtookuponitselftherichnessoftapestry;thebrasshandlesofthechestofdrawerswereasgoldenknockers;andthecarvedbedpostsseemedtohavesomekinshipwiththemagnificentpillarsofSolomon’stemple.

           MrsDurbeyfield,havingquicklywalkedhitherwardafterpartingfromTess,openedthefrontdoor,crossedthedownstairsroom,whichwasindeepgloom,andthenunfastenedthestair-doorlikeonewhosefingersknewthetricksofthelatcheswell.Herascentofthecrookedstaircasewasaslowerprocess,andherface,asitroseintothelightabovethelaststair,encounteredthegazeofallthepartyassembledinthebedroom.

           BeingafewprivatefriendsI’veaskedintokeepupclub-walkingatmyownexpense,”thelandladyexclaimedatthesoundoffootsteps,asgliblyasachildrepeatingtheCatechism,whileshepeeredoverthestairs.

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