Chapter 54

           

           InaquarterofanhourClarewasleavingthehouse,whencehismotherwatchedhisthinfigureasitdisappearedintothestreet.Hehaddeclinedtoborrowhisfather’soldmare,wellknowingofitsnecessitytothehousehold.Hewenttotheinn,wherehehiredatrap,andcouldhardlywaitduringtheharnessing.Inaveryfewminutesafterhewasdrivingupthehilloutofthetownwhich,threeorfourmonthsearlierintheyear,Tesshaddescendedwithsuchhopesandascendedwithsuchshatteredpurposes.

           BenvillLanesoonstretchedbeforehim,itshedgesandtreespurplewithbuds;buthewaslookingatotherthings,andonlyrecalledhimselftothescenesufficientlytoenablehimtokeeptheway.Insomethinglessthananhour-and-a-halfhehadskirtedthesouthoftheKing’sHintockestatesandascendedtotheuntowardsolitudeofCross-in-Hand,theunholystonewhereonTesshadbeencompelledbyAlecd’Urberville,inhiswhimofreformation,toswearthestrangeoaththatshewouldneverwilfullytempthimagain.Thepaleandblastednettle-stemsoftheprecedingyearevennowlingerednakedlyinthebanks,younggreennettlesofthepresentspringgrowingfromtheirroots.

           ThencehewentalongthevergeoftheuplandoverhangingtheotherHintocks,and,turningtotheright,plungedintothebracingcalcareousregionofFlintcomb-Ash,theaddressfromwhichshehadwrittentohiminoneoftheletters,andwhichhesupposedtobetheplaceofsojournreferredtobyhermother.

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