Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 5

           

           Risingearlynextdayshewalkedtothehill-towncalledShaston,andtheretookadvantageofavanwhichtwiceintheweekranfromShastoneastwardtoChaseborough,passingnearTrantridge,theparishinwhichthevagueandmysteriousMrsd’Urbervillehadherresidence.

           TessDurbeyfield’srouteonthismemorablemorninglayamidthenorth-easternundulationsoftheValeinwhichshehadbeenborn,andinwhichherlifehadunfolded.TheValeofBlackmoorwastohertheworld,anditsinhabitantstheracesthereof.FromthegatesandstilesofMarlottshehadlookeddownitslengthinthewonderingdaysofinfancy,andwhathadbeenmysterytoherthenwasnotmuchlessthanmysterytohernow.Shehadseendailyfromherchamber-windowtowers,villages,faintwhitemansions;aboveallthetownofShastonstandingmajesticallyonitsheight;itswindowsshininglikelampsintheeveningsun.Shehadhardlyevervisitedtheplace,onlyasmalltractevenoftheValeanditsenvironsbeingknowntoherbycloseinspection.Muchlesshadshebeenfaroutsidethevalley.Everycontourofthesurroundinghillswasaspersonaltoherasthatofherrelatives’faces;butforwhatlaybeyondherjudgmentwasdependentontheteachingofthevillageschool,whereshehadheldaleadingplaceatthetimeofherleaving,ayearortwobeforethisdate.

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