Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 38

           Theperceptionthatherwordcouldbedoubtedevenhere,inherownparentalhouse,sethermindagainstthespotasnothingelsecouldhavedone.Howunexpectedweretheattacksofdestiny!Andifherfatherdoubtedheralittle,wouldnotneighboursandacquaintancedoubthermuch?O,shecouldnotlivelongathome!

           Afewdays,accordingly,wereallthatsheallowedherselfhere,attheendofwhichtimeshereceivedashortnotefromClare,informingherthathehadgonetotheNorthofEnglandtolookatafarm.Inhercravingforthelustreofhertruepositionashiswife,andtohidefromherparentsthevastextentofthedivisionbetweenthem,shemadeuseofthisletterasherreasonforagaindeparting,leavingthemundertheimpressionthatshewassettingouttojoinhim.Stillfurthertoscreenherhusbandfromanyimputationonunkindnesstoher,shetooktwenty-fiveofthefiftypoundsClarehadgivenher,andhandedthesumovertohermother,asifthewifeofamanlikeAngelClarecouldwellaffordit,sayingthatitwasaslightreturnforthetroubleandhumiliationshehadbroughtupontheminyearspast.Withthisassertionofherdignityshebadethemfarewell;andafterthattherewerelivelydoingintheDurbeyfieldhouseholdforsometimeonthestrengthofTess’sbounty,hermothersaying,and,indeed,believing,thattherupturewhichhadarisenbetweentheyounghusbandandwifehadadjusteditselfundertheirstrongfeelingthattheycouldnotliveapartfromeachother.

           

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