Chapter 42

           

           Itwasnowbroadday,andshestartedagain,emergingcautiouslyuponthehighway.Buttherewasnoneedforcaution;notasoulwasathand,andTesswentonwardwithfortitude,herrecollectionofthebirds’silentenduranceoftheirnightofagonyimpressinguponhertherelativityofsorrowsandthetolerablenatureofherown,ifshecouldoncerisehighenoughtodespiseopinion.ButthatshecouldnotdosolongasitwasheldbyClare.

           ShereachedChalk-Newton,andbreakfastedataninn,whereseveralyoungmenweretroublesomelycomplimentarytohergoodlooks.Somehowshefelthopeful,forwasitnotpossiblethatherhusbandalsomightsaythesesamethingstoherevenyet?Shewasboundtotakecareofherselfonthechanceofit,andkeepoffthesecasuallovers.TothisendTessresolvedtorunnofurtherrisksfromherappearance.Assoonasshegotoutofthevillagesheenteredathicketandtookfromherbasketoneoftheoldestfield-gowns,whichshehadneverputonevenatthedairyneversinceshehadworkedamongthestubbleatMarlott.Shealso,byafelicitousthought,tookahandkerchieffromherbundleandtieditroundherfaceunderherbonnet,coveringherchinandhalfhercheeksandtemples,asifsheweresufferingfromtoothache.Thenwithherlittlescissors,bytheaidofapocketlooking-glass,shemercilesslynippedhereyebrowsoff,andthusinsuredagainstaggressiveadmirationshewentonherunevenway.

           “Whatamommetofamaid!”saidthenextmanwhomethertoacompanion.

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