内容摘要 Though she had been here such a short while, she was not as he hadseen her last. All her bounding manner was gone; her curves of motionhad become subdued lines.The screens and subtleties of convention had likewise disappeared. Yet neither was she quite the woman who had writtenthe letter that summoned him. That had plainly been dashed off in an impulse which second thoughts had somewhat regretted; thoughts that werepossibly ofhis recent self-disgrace. Jude was quite overcome with emotion. You don t-think me a demoralized wretch-for coming to you as I was - and going so shamefully, Sue! O I have tried not to! You said enough to let me know what had caused it. I hope I shall never have any doubt of your worthiness, my poor Jude! And I am glad you have come! She wore a murrey-coloured gown with a little lace collar. It was made quite plain, and hung about her slight figure with clinging gracefulness. Her hair, which formerly she had worn according to the custom of the day, wasnow twisted up tightly, and she had altogether the air of a woman clippedand pruned by severe discipline, an under-brightness shining through fromthe depths which that discipline had not yet been able to reach.She had come forward prettily; but Jude felt that she had hardlyexpected him to kiss her, as he was buming to do, under other colours thanthose of cousinship. He could not perceive the least sign that Sue regardedhim as a lover, or ever would do so, now that she knew the worst.of him,even if he had the right to behave as one; and this helped on his growingresolve to tell her of his matrimonial entanglement, which he had put offdoing from time to time in sheer dread oflosing the bliss ofher company. Sue came out into the town with him, and they walked and talkedwith tongues centred only on the passing moments. Jude said he wouldlike to buy her a little present of some sort, and then she confessed, withsomething of shame, that she was dreadfully hungry. They were kept onvery short allowances in the College, and a dinner, tea, and supper all inone was the present she most desired in the world. Jude thereupon took herto an inn and ordered whatever the house afforded, which was not much.The place, however, gave them a delightful opportunity for a tete-a-tete,nobody else being in the room, and they talked freely. ……
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