Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 37

           

           Itswaters,increepingdownthesemilesofmeadowland,frequentlydivided,serpentininginpurposelesscurves,loopingthemselvesaroundlittleislandsthathadnoname,returningandre-embodyingthemselvesasabroadmainstreamfurtheron.Oppositethespottowhichhehadbroughtherwassuchageneralconfluence,andtheriverwasproportionatelyvoluminousanddeep.Acrossitwasanarrowfoot-bridge;butnowtheautumnfloodhadwashedthehandrailaway,leavingthebareplankonly,which,lyingafewinchesabovethespeedingcurrent,formedagiddypathwayforevensteadyheads;andTesshadnoticedfromthewindowofthehouseinthedaytimeyoungmenwalkingacrossuponitasafeatinbalancing.Herhusbandhadpossiblyobservedthesameperformance;anyhow,henowmountedtheplank,and,slidingonefootforward,advancedalongit.

           Washegoingtodrownher?Probablyhewas.Thespotwaslonely,theriverdeepandwideenoughtomakesuchapurposeeasyofaccomplishment.Hemightdrownherifhewould;itwouldbebetterthanpartingtomorrowtoleadseveredlives.

           Theswiftstreamracedandgyratedunderthem,tossing,distorting,andsplittingthemoon’sreflectedface.Spotsoffrothtravelledpast,andinterceptedweedswavedbehindthepiles.Iftheycouldbothfalltogetherintothecurrentnow,theirarmswouldbesotightlyclaspedtogetherthattheycouldnotbesaved;theywouldgooutoftheworldalmostpainlessly,andtherewouldbenomorereproachtoher,ortohimformarryingher.

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