Chapter 6

           

           TesswentdownthehilltoTrantridgeCross,andinattentivelywaitedtotakeherseatinthevanreturningfromChaseboroughtoShaston.Shedidnotknowwhattheotheroccupantssaidtoherassheentered,thoughsheansweredthem;andwhentheyhadstartedanewsherodealongwithaninwardandnotanoutwardeye.

           Oneamongherfellow-travellersaddressedhermorepointedlythananyhadspokenbefore:“Why,youbequiteaposy!AndsuchrosesinearlyJune!”

           Thenshebecameawareofthespectacleshepresentedtotheirsurprisedvision:rosesatherbreasts;rosesinherhat;rosesandstrawberriesinherbaskettothebrim.Sheblushed,andsaidconfusedlythattheflowershadbeengiventoher.Whenthepassengerswerenotlookingshestealthilyremovedthemoreprominentbloomsfromherhatandplacedtheminbasket,whereshecoveredthemwithherhandkerchief.Thenshefelltoreflectingagain,andinlookingdownwardsathornoftheroseremaininginherbreastaccidentallyprickedherchin.LikeallthecottagersinBlackmoorVale,Tesswassteepedinfanciesandprefigurativesuperstitions;shethoughtthisanillomenthefirstshehadnoticedthatday.

           ThevantravelledonlysofarasShaston,andtherewereseveralmilesofpedestriandescentfromthatmountain-townintothevaleofMarlott.Hermotherhadadvisedhertostayhereforthenight,atthehouseofacottage-womantheyknew,ifsheshouldfeeltootiredtocomeon;andthisTessdid,notdescendingtoherhometillthefollowingafternoon.

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