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Chapter 44

           Butadayofawakeninghadcome,and,inahumansense,ithadbeenbroughtaboutmainlybytheinfluenceofacertainclergyman,whomhehadatfirstgrosslyinsulted;butwhosepartingwordshadsunkintohisheart,andhadremainedthere,tillbythegraceofHeaventheyhadworkedthischangeinhim,andmadehimwhattheysawhim.

           ButmorestartlingtoTessthanthedoctrinehadbeenthevoice,which,impossibleasitseemed,waspreciselythatofAlecd’Urberville.Herfacefixedinpainfulsuspense,shecameroundtothefrontofthebarn,andpassedbeforeit.Thelowwintersunbeameddirectlyuponthegreatdouble-dooredentranceonthisside;oneofthedoorsbeingopen,sothattheraysstretchedfarinoverthethreshing-floortothepreacherandhisaudience,allsnuglyshelteredfromthenorthernbreeze.Thelistenerswereentirelyvillagers,amongthembeingthemanwhomshehadseencarryingtheredpaint-potonaformermemorableoccasion.Butherattentionwasgiventothecentralfigure,whostooduponsomesacksofcorn,facingthepeopleandthedoor.Thethreeo’clocksunshonefulluponhim,andthestrangeenervatingconvictionthatherseducerconfrontedher,whichhadbeengaininggroundinTesseversinceshehadheardhiswordsdistinctly,wasatlastestablishedasafactindeed.

           

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