[11]“CallmeTess,”shewouldsayaskance; andhedid.
[12]Thenitwouldgrowlighter, andherfeatureswouldbecomesimplyfeminine; theyhadchangedfromthoseofadivinitywhocouldconferblisstothoseofabeingwhocravedit.
[13], withagreatboldnoiseasofopeningdoorsandshutters, outoftheboughsofaplantationwhichtheyfrequentedatthesideofthemead; or, ifalreadyonthespot, hardilymaintainedtheirstandinginthewaterasthepairwalkedby, watchingthembymovingtheirheadsroundinaslow, horizontal, passionlesswheel, liketheturnofpuppetsbyclockwork.
[14]Theycouldthenseethefaintsummerfogsinlayers, woolly, level, andapparentlynothickerthancounterpanes, —dark-greenislandsofdryherbagethesizeoftheircarcasses, , bywhichthecowhadrambledawaytofeedaftergettingup, attheendofwhichtrailtheyfoundher; thesnoringpufffromhernostrils, whensherecognizedthem, , orsatdowntomilkthemonthespot, asthecasemightrequire.
[15]Orperhapsthesummerfogwasmoregeneral, andthemeadowslaylikeawhitesea, , andhangonthewingsunningthemselves, oralightonthewetrailssubdividingthemead, , too, uponTess’seyelashes, anddropsuponherhair, ; moreover, Tessthenlostherstrangeandetherealbeauty; herteeth, lips, andeyesscintillatedinthesunbeamsandshewasagainthedazzlinglyfairdairymaidonly, whohadtoholdherownagainsttheotherwomenoftheworld.
[16]AboutthistimetheywouldhearDairymanCrick’svoice, lecturingthenon-residentmilkersforarrivinglate, andspeakingsharplytooldDeborahFyanderfornotwashingherhands.
