Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 52

           Thefourbreakfastedbythethinlight,andthe“house-ridding”wastakeninhand.

           Itproceededwithsomecheerfulness,afriendlyneighbourortwoassisting.Whenthelargearticlesoffurniturehadbeenpackedinpositionacircularnestwasmadeofthebedsandbedding,inwhichJoanDurbeyfieldandtheyoungchildrenweretositthroughthejourney.Afterloadingtherewasalongdelaybeforethehorseswerebrought,thesehavingbeenunharnessedduringtheridding;butatlength,abouttwoo’clock,thewholewasunderway,thecooking-potswingingfromtheaxleofthewaggon,MrsDurbeyfieldandfamilyatthetop,thematronhavinginherlap,topreventinjurytoitsworks,theheadoftheclock,which,atanyexceptionallurchofthewaggon,struckone,orone-and-a-half,inhurttones.Tessandthenexteldestgirlwalkedalongsidetilltheywereoutofthevillage.

           Theyhadcalledonafewneighboursthatmorningandthepreviousevening,andsomecametoseethemoff,allwishingthemwell,though,intheirsecrethearts,hardlyexpectingwelfarepossibletosuchafamily,harmlessastheDurbeyfieldsweretoallexceptthemselves.Soontheequipagebegantoascendtohigherground,andthewindgrewkeenerwiththechangeoflevelandsoil.

           ThedaybeingthesixthofApril,theDurbeyfieldwaggonmetmanyotherwaggonswithfamiliesonthesummitoftheload,whichwasbuiltonawellnighunvaryingprinciple,aspeculiar,probably,totherurallabourerasthehexagontothebee.

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