06-04-苔丝 [66]
许是我先给你写。”
“我同意这些条件，安吉尔，因为你最懂得该怎么办。只是不要做得让我无法承受！”
那就是她全部的话。如果当时她哭了、晕倒了或是向他求情，他都可能会屈服让步的。但是她让他轻轻松松地过了这一关。他给了她一笔钱，然后他们就互相道别了。他站在路上，看着马车继续朝山头驶去，默默地希望苔丝能回头看一眼。但是怀着极大痛苦的苔丝此时已近乎昏厥。他转身独自朝前走了，并不知道自己依然是爱她的。
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As the carriage drove on through Blackmoor Vale，Tess now began to awake from her sorrow and wonder how she could face her parents．She left the carriage and came into Marlott on foot．When she entered the little cottage， her mother was doing the washing as usual．
‘Why Tess！’she cried when she saw her daughter．‘I thought you were married！Really married this time！’
‘Yes，mother，I am．’
‘Then where's your husband？’
‘Gone away for a time．’
‘Gone away！When were you married then？Tuesday，as you said？’
‘Yes，mother．’
‘Married on Tuesday and today it's only Saturday，and he's gone away！What strange husbands you seem to find，Tess！’
‘Mother！’Tess ran across to Joan and put her head on Joan's shoulder．‘You told me I mustn't tell him．But I did-I couldn't help it—and he went away！’
‘Oh you fool，you little fool！’cried her mother．
‘I know，I know，’sobbed Tess．‘But he was so good！I couldn't lie to him．And if only you knew how much I loved him and how much I wanted to marry him！’
‘Well，it's too late now，’said Mrs Durbeyfield．‘Whatever will your father say？ He was very proud of your marriage．He's been telling them at the public house that you'll help his noble family become great again．Oh，there he is now！’
Tess ran upstairs，but through the thin walls she could hear the whole story being told to Sir John．
‘People will laugh at me in the village！’he said．‘Do you think he really did marry her，Joan？Or is it like the first？’
Tess could listen no more．Even her own family did not believe her．She could not stay．She gave her mother half the money which Clare had given her，and told her family she was going to join him．And so she left Marlott again，looking for work．
Angel Clare also returned home．He had spent three weeks since his wedding trying to remain calm and continue his studies，but with the disturbing picture of Tess always in his mind．He was beginning to wonder if he had treated her unfairly．She had been so much a part of his plans for the future that he was now thinking of countries where they could farm together．The idea of Brazil attracted him．The countryside，people and habits would be so different．Perhaps they could make a new life there together．So he went back to Emminster to tell his parents his new plan．
‘But where's your wife，dear Angel？’cried his mother when he arrived．
‘She's at her mother's for the moment．I've come home in rather a hurry，because I've decided to go to Brazil．’
‘Brazil！But they're all Roman Catholics there！’
‘Are they？I hadn't thought of that．’
But Mr and Mrs Clare were even more interested in their son's marriage than in Brazil's religion．
‘Angel，we do want to meet your wife．We are not in the least angry about this rather hurried wedding，so why haven't you brought her？It seems strange．’
Angel explained that she would be staying at her mother's while he went to Brazil alone to see if the country was suitable．He planned to bring her to meet his parents before he went there a second time，with her．But his mother was disappointed at not seeing Tess．She watched her son as he ate，and asked questions．
“我同意这些条件，安吉尔，因为你最懂得该怎么办。只是不要做得让我无法承受！”
那就是她全部的话。如果当时她哭了、晕倒了或是向他求情，他都可能会屈服让步的。但是她让他轻轻松松地过了这一关。他给了她一笔钱，然后他们就互相道别了。他站在路上，看着马车继续朝山头驶去，默默地希望苔丝能回头看一眼。但是怀着极大痛苦的苔丝此时已近乎昏厥。他转身独自朝前走了，并不知道自己依然是爱她的。
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As the carriage drove on through Blackmoor Vale，Tess now began to awake from her sorrow and wonder how she could face her parents．She left the carriage and came into Marlott on foot．When she entered the little cottage， her mother was doing the washing as usual．
‘Why Tess！’she cried when she saw her daughter．‘I thought you were married！Really married this time！’
‘Yes，mother，I am．’
‘Then where's your husband？’
‘Gone away for a time．’
‘Gone away！When were you married then？Tuesday，as you said？’
‘Yes，mother．’
‘Married on Tuesday and today it's only Saturday，and he's gone away！What strange husbands you seem to find，Tess！’
‘Mother！’Tess ran across to Joan and put her head on Joan's shoulder．‘You told me I mustn't tell him．But I did-I couldn't help it—and he went away！’
‘Oh you fool，you little fool！’cried her mother．
‘I know，I know，’sobbed Tess．‘But he was so good！I couldn't lie to him．And if only you knew how much I loved him and how much I wanted to marry him！’
‘Well，it's too late now，’said Mrs Durbeyfield．‘Whatever will your father say？ He was very proud of your marriage．He's been telling them at the public house that you'll help his noble family become great again．Oh，there he is now！’
Tess ran upstairs，but through the thin walls she could hear the whole story being told to Sir John．
‘People will laugh at me in the village！’he said．‘Do you think he really did marry her，Joan？Or is it like the first？’
Tess could listen no more．Even her own family did not believe her．She could not stay．She gave her mother half the money which Clare had given her，and told her family she was going to join him．And so she left Marlott again，looking for work．
Angel Clare also returned home．He had spent three weeks since his wedding trying to remain calm and continue his studies，but with the disturbing picture of Tess always in his mind．He was beginning to wonder if he had treated her unfairly．She had been so much a part of his plans for the future that he was now thinking of countries where they could farm together．The idea of Brazil attracted him．The countryside，people and habits would be so different．Perhaps they could make a new life there together．So he went back to Emminster to tell his parents his new plan．
‘But where's your wife，dear Angel？’cried his mother when he arrived．
‘She's at her mother's for the moment．I've come home in rather a hurry，because I've decided to go to Brazil．’
‘Brazil！But they're all Roman Catholics there！’
‘Are they？I hadn't thought of that．’
But Mr and Mrs Clare were even more interested in their son's marriage than in Brazil's religion．
‘Angel，we do want to meet your wife．We are not in the least angry about this rather hurried wedding，so why haven't you brought her？It seems strange．’
Angel explained that she would be staying at her mother's while he went to Brazil alone to see if the country was suitable．He planned to bring her to meet his parents before he went there a second time，with her．But his mother was disappointed at not seeing Tess．She watched her son as he ate，and asked questions．