Chapter 48

           

           Intheafternoonthefarmermadeitknownthattherickwastobefinishedthatnight,sincetherewasamoonbywhichtheycouldseetowork,andthemanwiththeenginewasengagedforanotherfarmonthemorrow.Hencethetwangingandhummingandrustlingproceededwithevenlessintermissionthanusual.

           Itwasnottill“nammet”-time,aboutthreeo-clock,thatTessraisedhereyesandgaveamomentaryglanceround.ShefeltbutlittlesurpriseatseeingthatAlecd’Urbervillehadcomeback,andwasstandingunderthehedgebythegate.Hehadseenherlifthereyes,andwavedhishandurbanelytoher,whileheblewherakiss.Itmeantthattheirquarrelwasover.Tesslookeddownagain,andcarefullyabstainedfromgazinginthatdirection.

           Thustheafternoondraggedon.Thewheat-rickshranklower,andthestraw-rickgrewhigher,andthecorn-sackswerecartedaway.Atsixo’clockthewheat-rickwasaboutshoulder-highfromtheground.Buttheunthreshedsheavesremaininguntouchedseemedcountlessstill,notwithstandingtheenormousnumbersthathadbeengulpeddownbytheinsatiableswallower,fedbythemanandTess,throughwhosetwoyounghandsthegreaterpartofthemhadpassed.Andtheimmensestackofstrawwhereinthemorningtherehadbeennothing,appearedastheFAECESofthesamebuzzingredglutton.

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