Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 40

           

           AsthelastdutybeforeleavingthispartofEnglanditwasnecessaryforhimtocallattheWellbridgefarmhouse,inwhichhehadspentwithTessthefirstthreedaysoftheirmarriage,thetrifleofrenthavingtobepaid,thekeygivenupoftheroomstheyhadoccupied,andtwoorthreesmallarticlesfetchedawaythattheyhadleftbehind.Itwasunderthisroofthatthedeepestshadoweverthrownuponhislifehadstretcheditsgloomoverhim.Yetwhenhehadunlockedthedoorofthesitting-roomandlookedintoit,thememorywhichreturnedfirstuponhimwasthatoftheirhappyarrivalonasimilarafternoon,thefirstfreshsenseofsharingahabitationconjointly,thefirstmealtogether,thechattingbythefirewithjoinedhands.

           Thefarmerandhiswifewereinthefieldatthemomentofhisvisit,andClarewasintheroomsaloneforsometime.Inwardlyswollenwitharenewalofsentimentthathehadnotquitereckonedwith,hewentupstairstoherchamber,whichhadneverbeenhis.Thebedwassmoothasshehadmadeitwithherownhandsonthemorningofleaving.Themistletoehungunderthetesterjustashehadplacedit.Havingbeentherethreeorfourweeksitwasturningcolour,andtheleavesandberrieswerewrinkled.Angeltookitdownandcrusheditintothegrate.Standingthereheforthefirsttimedoubtedwhetherhiscourseinthisconjecturehadbeenawise,muchlessagenerous,one.Buthadhenotbeencruellyblinded?Intheincoherentmultitudeofhisemotionshekneltdownatthebedsidewet-eyed.

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