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Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d’Urbervilles (unabridged)

Read by Anna Bentinck

  • Release Date: 28th Apr 2008
  • Catalogue No: NAX86712
  • Label: Naxos AudioBooks
  • Series: Classic Fiction, Complete Classics
  • Length: 17 hours 40 minutes

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Contents

Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (unabridged)

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  • Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios, London

Chapter 1

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'And shall we ever come into our own again?'

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Chapter 2

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The young girls formed, indeed, the…

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Among these on-lookers were three…

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Chapter 3

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'I'll rock the cradle for 'ee, mother,' said the daughter…

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The Compleat Fortune-Teller was an old thick volume…

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Chapter 4

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While this question was being discussed…

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It was eleven o'clock before the family…

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The renewed subject, which seemed to have…

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By this time the mail-cart man…

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Chapter 5

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Rising early next day…

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Everything on this snug property…

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This embodiment of a d'Urberville…

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They had spent some time wandering…

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Chapter 6

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Tess seemed for the moment…

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Chapter 7

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'Not for less than a thousand pound!'

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Chapter 8

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He drew rein, and as they slowed…

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Chapter 9

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The birds that the two girls had brought in…

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He suited the action to the word, and…

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Chapter 10

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Approaching the hay-trussers…

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'You shall catch it for this, my gentlemen…'

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'Tis treacle,' said an observant matron.

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Chapter 11

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'Why, where be we?'

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Having buttoned the overcoat…

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Chapter 12

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'Tis quite true.'

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He emitted a laboured breath…

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'No,' said she…

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Chapter 13

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Parishioners dropped in by twos and threes…

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Chapter 14

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Her binding proceeds with clock-like monotony.

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A resolution which had surprised…

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Tess had drifted into a frame of mind…

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The most impressed of them said…

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Having the natural feelings of a tradesman…

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Chapter 15

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She had held so aloof of late…

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Chapter 16

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The bird's-eye perspective before her…

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Tess Durbeyfield, then, in good heart…

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Chapter 17

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The milkers formed quite a little battalion…

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'Oh yes; there's nothing like…'

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'Take it gentle, sir; take it gentle,' said the dairyman.

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Chapter 18

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It had never occurred to the straightforward…

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So we find Angel Clare at six-and-twenty…

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The early mornings were still sufficiently cool…

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Chapter 19

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Tess was conscious of neither time nor space.

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Tess, on her part, could not understand why…

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'Tess, fie for such bitterness!'

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Chapter 20

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The mixed, singular, luminous gloom…

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Chapter 21

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While the listeners were smiling…

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'So have you – so have we all,' said Marian…

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Chapter 22

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'Upon my soul and body, this here stooping…'

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Chapter 23

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Marian had lowered herself upon his arm…

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Tess's heart ached.

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Chapter 24

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Clare had studied the curves of those lips…

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Chapter 25

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To encounter her daily in the accustomed manner…

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Clare knew her well.

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Angel sat down, and the place…

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'I suppose it is farming or nothing for you now…'

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Chapter 26

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'Mercy Chant is of a very good family.'

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His mother made him sandwiches…

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Chapter 27

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'I've got to go a-skimming,' she pleaded…

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You quite misapprehend my parents.

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Chapter 28

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Although the early September weather was sultry…

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At last she got away, and did not stop…

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Chapter 29

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It all turned on that release.

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Clare had resolved never to kiss her until…

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Chapter 30

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'Londoners will drink it at their breakfasts…'

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'I like the other way rather best.'

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Chapter 31

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They unaffectedly sought each other's company…

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Her affection for him was now the breath and life…

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'But,' she timidly answered…

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'Are you sure you don't dislike me for it?'

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Chapter 32

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'So that, seriously, dearest Tess,' he continued…

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Next, he wished to see a little of the working…

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Chapter 33

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'Oh, nothing, dear,' he said from within.

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Her perception that Angel's bearing towards her…

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Upheld by the momentum of the time…

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'O my love, why do I love you so!'

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Chapter 34

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'That cock knew the weather was going to…'

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Suddenly he said with enthusiasm…

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Angel, suddenly recollecting that Tess…

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'O yes! I am sure that – '

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Chapter 35

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'Sit down, sit down,' he said gently.

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Behold, when thy face is made bare…

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They wandered on again in silence.

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Having nothing more to fear…

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Chapter 36

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'My position – is this,' he said abruptly.

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'Well, since you say no, I won't…'

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He spoke such things as these and more…

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Her eyelids, weighted with trouble…

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'Quite sure. We ought to part…

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Chapter 37

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Ah! Now she knew what he was dreaming of…

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It suddenly occurred to her to try persuasion…

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To make the call as unobtrusive as possible…

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'Until you come to me I must not try to come to you?'

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Chapter 38

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'Well, well; what's done can't be undone!'

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Chapter 39

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'We had your brief note three weeks ago…'

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'''Who can find a virtuous woman?…'''

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Chapter 40

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Hearing a footstep below, he rose…

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'I am going to Brazil alone, Izz,' said he.

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'Well, but, Izz, we'll part friends, anyhow?'

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Chapter 41

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Her reluctance to communicate with her…

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Among the difficulties of her lonely position…

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In the midst of these whimsical fancies…

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Chapter 42

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Towards the second evening she reached…

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She pulled off in disgust a bandage…

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Chapter 43

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So the two forces were at work here…

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Then one day a peculiar quality invaded the air…

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Putting on their gloves, all set to work…

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After this they continued for some long time…

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Chapter 44

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It was a year ago, all but a day…

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The second peal had been louder, and still…

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'Some imposter who wished to come into the town…'

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'The people are gone to afternoon service, I suppose?'

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Chapter 45

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As soon as she could reflect, it appalled her…

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'I have done nothing!'

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Tess, who had been quite unconscious of her action…

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Tess, half frightened, gave way to his importunity…

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Chapter 46

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Tess still did no more than listen…

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'Do not ask what I do not wish to tell!'

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'If so be you make an agreement to work for me…'

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'But I have. Though I don't believe in anything…

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'What, you have really arranged to preach, and – '

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Chapter 47

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The old men on the rising straw-rick talked of the…

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Tess continued to eat her modest dinner…

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'Well, never mind,' he resumed.

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Chapter 48

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The time for the rat-catching arrived…

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Angel, I live entirely for you.

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Chapter 49

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Angel's original intention had not been emigration…

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He thought of Tess as she had appeared on the day…

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To perfect the ballads was now her whimsical desire.

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Chapter 50

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She liked doing it after the confinement…

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'A jester might say this is just like Paradise…'

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Chapter 51

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'Didn't you see me?'

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Tess remained where she was a long while…

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Chapter 52

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The distance was great – too great…

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In the interim Tess, left with the children…

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Chapter 53

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He soon retired to bed; and the next morning…

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Chapter 54

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Some man, apparently the sexton, had observed…

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Chapter 55

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Tess appeared on the threshold…

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Chapter 56

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She need not have done so, however…

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Chapter 57

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By degrees he was inclined to believe…

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'I think we may as well steer in a general way…'

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Chapter 58

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Not more than a minute had elapsed…

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'A very Temple of the Winds,' he said.

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He kissed her to avoid a reply…

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Chapter 59

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