Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 53

           

           SIR

           JwritethesefewlinestosaythatmyDaughterisawayfrommeatpresent,andJamnotsurewhenshewillreturn,butJwillletyouknowasSoonasshedo.JdonotfeelatlibertytotellyouWheresheistemperlybiding.JshouldsaythatmeandmyFamilyhaveleftMarlottforsomeTime.

           Yours,J.DURBEYFIELD

           ItwassucharelieftoClaretolearnthatTesswasatleastapparentlywellthathermother’sstiffreticenceastoherwhereaboutsdidnotlongdistresshim.Theywereallangrywithhim,evidently.HewouldwaittillMrsDurbeyfieldcouldinformhimofTess’sreturn,whichherletterimpliedtobesoon.Hedeservednomore.Hishadbeenalove“whichalterswhenitalterationfinds”.Hehadundergonesomestrangeexperiencesinhisabsence;hehadseenthevirtualFaustinaintheliteralCornelia,aspiritualLucretiainacorporealPhryne;hehadthoughtofthewomantakenandsetinthemidstasonedeservingtobestoned,andofthewifeofUriahbeingmadeaqueen;andhehadaskedhimselfwhyhehadnotjudgedTessconstructivelyratherthanbiographically,bythewillratherthanbythedeed?

           Adayortwopassedwhilehewaitedathisfather’shouseforthepromisedsecondnotefromJoanDurbeyfield,andindirectlytorecoveralittlemorestrength.Thestrengthshowedsignsofcomingback,buttherewasnosignofJoan’sletter.ThenhehunteduptheoldlettersentontohiminBrazil,whichTesshadwrittenfromFlintcomb-Ash,andre-readit.Thesentencestouchedhimnowasmuchaswhenhehadfirstperusedthem.

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