hough not wholly so - that having shifted the burden of
her life to his shoulders she was now reposing without care.
He turned away to descend; thenirresolutefaced round to her door again. In the
act he caught sight of one of the d'Urberville dameswhose portrait was immediately over
the entrance to Tess's bedchamber. In the candlelight the painting was more than
unpleasant. Sinister design lurked in the woman's featuresa concentrated purpose of
revenge on the other ###### - so it seemed to him then. The Caroline bodice of the portrait
was low - precisely as Tess's had been when he tucked it in to show the necklace; and
again he experienced the distressing sensation of a resemblance between them.
The check was sufficient. He resumed his retreat and descended.
His air remained calm and coldhis small compressed mouth indexing his powers
of self-control; his face wearing still that terribly sterile expression which had spread
thereon since her disclosure. It was the face of a man who was no longer passion's slave
yet who found no advantage in his enfranchisement. He was simply regarding the
harrowing contingencies of human experiencethe unexpectedness of things. Nothing so
pureso sweetso virginal as Tess had seemed p
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