Chapter 56

           

           MrsBrooks,theladywhowasthehouseholderatTheHerons,andownerofallthehandsomefurniture,wasnotapersonofanunusuallycuriousturnofmind.Shewastoodeeplymaterialized,poorwoman,byherlongandenforcedbondagetothatarithmeticaldemonProfit-and-Loss,toretainmuchcuriousityforitsownsake,andapartfrompossiblelodgers’pockets.Nevertheless,thevisitofAngelClaretoherwell-payingtenants,MrandMrsd’Urberville,asshedeemedthem,wassufficientlyexceptionalinpointoftimeandmannertoreinvigoratethefeminineproclivitywhichhadbeenstifleddownasuselesssaveinitsbearingstothelettingtrade.

           Tesshadspokentoherhusbandfromthedoorway,withoutenteringthedining-room,andMrsBrooks,whostoodwithinthepartly-closeddoorofherownsitting-roomatthebackofthepassage,couldhearfragmentsoftheconversationifconversationitcouldbecalledbetweenthosetwowretchedsouls.SheheardTessre-ascendthestairstothefirstfloor,andthedepartureofClare,andtheclosingofthefrontdoorbehindhim.Thenthedooroftheroomabovewasshut,andMrsBrooksknewthatTesshadre-enteredherapartment.Astheyoungladywasnotfullydressed,MrsBrooksknewthatshewouldnotemergeagainforsometime.

           Sheaccordinglyascendedthestairssoftly,andstoodatthedoorofthefrontroomadrawing-room,connectedwiththeroomimmediatelybehindit(whichwasabedroom)byfolding-doorsinthecommonmanner.

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