Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 48

           ToTess’ssurpriseFarmerGrobycameuponthemachinetoher,andsaidthatifshedesiredtojoinherfriendhedidnotwishhertokeeponanylonger,andwouldsendsomebodyelsetotakeherplace.The“friend”wasd’Urberville,sheknew,andalsothatthisconcessionhadbeengrantedinobediencetotherequestofthatfriend,orenemy.Sheshookherheadandtoiledon.

           Thetimefortherat-catchingarrivedatlast,andthehuntbegan.Thecreatureshadcreptdownwardswiththesubsidenceofthericktilltheywerealltogetheratthebottom,andbeingnowuncoveredfromtheirlastrefugetheyranacrosstheopengroundinalldirections,aloudshriekfromtheby-this-timehalf-tipsyMarianinforminghercompanionsthatoneoftheratshadinvadedherpersonaterrorwhichtherestofthewomenhadguardedagainstbyvariousschemesofskirt-tuckingandself-elevation.Theratwasatlastdislodged,and,amidthebarkingofdogs,masculineshouts,femininescreams,oaths,stampings,andconfusionasofPandemonium,Tessuntiedherlastsheaf;thedrumslowed,thewhizzingceased,andshesteppedfromthemachinetotheground.

           Herlover,whohadonlylookedonattherat-catching,waspromptlyatherside.

           “Whatafterallmyinsultingslap,too!”saidsheinanunderbreath.Shewassoutterlyexhaustedthatshehadnotstrengthtospeaklouder.

           “Ishouldindeedbefoolishtofeeloffendedatanythingyousayordo,”heanswered,intheseductivevoiceoftheTrantridgetime.

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