(The film Rong Yong France 1980 "Caesar" Award for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Photography)
Original / Thomas Hardy
Screenplay / Chanra Black
Director / Roman Poland Chomsky
starring /娜丝塔茜娅Kinski
/ translated by Hong Jie
school / Wang Jiankang
"Tess of the Virgin" surname origin
story takes place in De Sete in southern England. The panorama is vast fields, and the distance is dense forest. The area is green and picturesque. Forests, pastures, rivers, and valleys, as the fate of the protagonist Tess changes, show pictures of different tones.
spring. In the evening, the dusk was dim. A group of girls came along the field road in Marlott Village. In front of the team is a four-piece band. Accompanied by bright melody, the girls danced. They were about fifteen or six years old, all dressed in white skirts, with long hair on their shoulders, laurel wreaths made of white flowers on their heads, and peeled willow branches in their hands. There was a girl in the team. She was born beautiful and dignified, and there was no girl around her. But from this day on, accidental encounters caused the girl named Tess to suffer great misfortune throughout her life. She could reasonably have a better fate, but because of encountering the "devil" (the person in the play Yarek) and the "Zun Shen" (the person in the play Angel), she fell apart.
The long story goes on sharply.
As the girl's parade passed the crossroads, a man walked on a side path. He is Tess's father, John De Pifield, who is here to see the girls off. His face was flushed, he was dressed in shabby brown clothes, wearing a brown hat, and carrying a basket for business. On the opposite side, a well-dressed priest rode over. John took off his hat and saluted:
"Good evening."
"Good evening, Sir John."
John walked forward two or three steps and stopped, with surprise on his face, he turned and called the pastor: "Sir, forgive me for being rude! Last time, When I met you on this road, I said, "Good evening," and you answered me, sir, "Good evening, Sir John," right?"
"Probably that's
what you said." "Today you said that again."
"Yes, that's
what you said." "Excuse me, sir, like me, John De Pifield is a small vendor. Why do you call me Sir John? ? " "
that was the moment I die happy. I was Te Linken pastor of historical studies interested. intend to write a history of the county development, is now examine each family's genealogy. I found some information about you. You, De Pifield is actually a direct descendant of the ancient knight named Mendelbergerville. I really don’t know about it?"
"Sir, I haven't heard of it at all."
" Hold my chin up and let me look at your face ." The side."
John was fascinated by the sudden good words, unknowingly walked to the priest, raised the face covered with poverty, and turned his side to the priest. The pastor looked at it and smiled: "Yes, it is the nose and chin of the Debreville family...but the title is gone...According to the record, the earliest generation of your family can be traced back to Lord Bacon Debreville, who accompanied him on the expedition. King William moved from Normandy."
"Really?"
"I thought you knew a little
bit about it." "According to that, I have an ancient silver spoon and an ancient Seals, but I never take them seriously. Excuse me, where does the Debreville family live now?"
"This family is extinct. Your ancestors are buried in the tomb of the king under the green mountain, sleeping with the marble portrait Together."
"Their mansion?"
"Nothing."
"Land? Nothing left?... It seems that there is nothing to get?" The
priest shook his head.
"Then what should I do?"
"Nothing works. You just have to think of'Knight in peace', try not to insult your origin. Goodbye, Sir John."
John was in a hurry. "Sir, let's go drink beer together..." No matter what he greeted, the priest rode his horse away and only heard the sound of hoofs. However, John still stood and muttered: "Is Sir John Debreville me?..." Unexpectedly, a catastrophic "little rock" dropped by the pastor caused a huge wave in his heart and spread around him. Open.
First meeting with Angel The
green field was smeared with a rosy color. The girls played the music with the music team and danced briskly. They danced happily, but it was a pity that they didn't have a male dance partner, and the older men just watched them around. Such a scene seemed uncomfortable.
At this time, an uninvited guest came.
Three young people with duffel bags and crutches in their hands met this dancing scene during their travels. After a dance melody ended, the circle of girls dancing spread out. Among the three young people watching the excitement in front of the wooden fence came the youngest, and his name was Angel Claire. He boldly asked a girl (her name Emma) who just happened to be oncoming: "What kind of dance is this?"
"The dance of the village club." The
girls saw Emma talking with the unnamed beautiful boy. Surrounded and looked at him.
"Why, don't have a male partner?"
"They haven't finished their work yet. They will be coming in a while. Will you dance with us while they are not here?"
"Okay, but there can be no more opponents." The
girls were overjoyed. , Exchange eyes with each other.
Emma said, "Welcome, welcome. Don't jump around the man, it's tasteless."
A beautiful and reserved girl, seeing Emma so presumptuous, stabs her in the arm hurriedly, as if reproaching her. With so many beautiful girls around, Angel couldn't choose carefully. "What should I do if people see it?"-His two eldest brothers didn't want to dance, so Angel sent them to go first, and when he hung the duffel bag on the wooden fence, he took the pretty girl into the dance circle . The girls who were not selected showed disappointed expressions. Fortunately, the young people from the same village who wandered around the wooden fence were triggered by this outsider and came forward to invite girls without a partner. They danced in pairs, but Tess felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She had a high temperament, and she was very sad that she had not been selected just now. She refused other people's requests and stayed alone at a loss. She is not a "wall flower (Note 1)", but a flower in nature. Angel also felt sorry. After a round of dance, Angel hurried to catch up with his brother, and when he passed Tess, he thought that she should have been a dancer with her just now; he looked back at this beautiful flower several times.
However, before Tess had time to linger, there was a commotion. Just after Angel left, a two-wheeled carriage drove up from the front. Suddenly, there was a loud yell from the carriage: "I am a person of identity!" A drunk man stood up from his seat, waving his hat indiscriminately, and yelling. Emma touched Tess's shoulder when she saw it.
"Hey, this is your father. Look at him coming back in a carriage."
Tess froze and replied stubbornly, "My father is tired. You probably also know that our horse is dead, so he had to come back in a carriage."
As night fell gradually, the purple sky set off the dancing of the girls, just like silhouettes.
The road was completely dark, and Tess walked home with the white bouquet and willow branches in her hand. There was a sweet singing from her home. This is Tess's mother Joanna humming in the house, while she swings the cradle with her feet while washing her clothes. In the shabby room, with a table in the center, the four young siblings were sitting around eating.
When the mother saw the eldest daughter coming back, she wiped her wet hand on the apron and ran over. As soon as Tess walked up the steps, her mother kept telling her what her father had heard from the priest. Then, while she was wearing a shawl, she said, "Your father is so happy. He ran to the'Lu Liv' shop for a drink. He wants to regain his vitality."
Before the eldest daughter could fully understand, Joanna told her to arrange for the younger siblings to sleep, and went out to pick up her husband by herself.
"Lulif" hotel. Tess's father was drunk, turning around among the friends sitting around the table. He took out a silver spoon from the dirty cloth and gave it to everyone to see. He kept telling the origin of the Debreville family. . His friends asked jokingly: "Then you are going to make a fortune?" Joanna walked up to him without anyone else, pushed her husband's arm and said, "I have a good idea. ——Since I heard that thing you said , I thought about it for a long time. Suddenly I remembered that there was also a rich lady named Debreville who lived on the Drant Hill side."
"Hey, how can she compare to us! It was handed down from the old Norman King, very
We’ve already set up separate doors a long time ago." "She has a lot of money, so we want to ask Tess to recognize her own family."
"Recognize her own family?"
John murmured, and his friends listened attentively to Joanna.
"The law doesn't stipulate that people of the same tribe are not allowed to associate, does it? In this way, Tess will be worthy of a high value."
"Okay, I will send Tess in a hurry. To celebrate this, everyone cheers!"
John cheered up and raised the wine glass high. At this moment, Tess came to the hotel to pick them up because her parents hadn't returned home so late. As soon as they entered the door, they were seen by their parents. They stood up in a panic and went out with their daughter. Before leaving, John gestured to the female shopkeeper, indicating that he alone will pay for the wine bills that his friends ate tonight.
Late at night, the three of them went home in the dark. On the way, John told Tess of Joanna's plan. She reluctantly agreed, but her heart was very melancholy. The father was so drunk and unconscious, he looked sloppy and walked home with the help of the mother and daughter. He had lost a horse and had to find a way to make up; and Tess had to consider her fate.
Know Yarek
The next day, a carriage drove on the village road. Sitting among the passengers was Tess, dressed plainly and carrying a basket. When the carriage drove to the gate of a village house, she got out of it. There is a beautiful scenery in front of you. In the middle of the tall evergreen trees, a white sandstone driveway extends. Tess plucked up the courage to step into the driveway, and saw a large lawn on the left and a red brick mansion in front. A tent made of red and white plaid cloth was set up on the lawn, and white wooden tables and chairs were placed beside the entrance. The whole mansion was renovated, and compared with the shabby hut of Tess's family, it was like a gleaming new coin and an eclipsed old coin. "Oh, it's new inside and out." Tess winced a little, hesitated, muttering in her mouth. I was about to turn around and go back along the same road; but I heard—"Hey—hey, beautiful girl, what's the matter?" The
questioning was a man who came out of the tent, wearing a white suit. With a cigarette in his mouth and a beard, he slowly approached Tess. The comer is Yarek Debreville. Tess was embarrassed and looked around, thumping in her heart. It was easy to say that he had come to see his wife.
"It's a pity that I can't meet my wife. She is sick. What's the matter with you? I'm her son."
"It's not a big deal...how to put it..."
"Please tell me ."
"No, no . This is too absurd to be said."
"It doesn't matter. I like to listen to absurd things. Hey, girl, please go on."
"I am visiting your mansion to tell that we are relatives."
"Ho, poor relatives? … Is it
Stokes ?" "No, the last name is Debreville."
"Oh, that's the case. Needless to say, you are from the Debreville family. Well, do you like strawberries?"
Tess looked at it. Looking at this man, he instinctively felt that his heart was different and a bit vulgar. When he asked suddenly, he couldn't help but raise his face.
"Well, if the strawberry is on the market..."
"Look here, it's already on the market."
Yarek led Tess through a path into the greenhouse. Inside, the roses are in full bloom and the red strawberries are plentiful. Alek asked about the reason, and Tess told him everything from what the priest said to how her mother sent her here.
"So that's the case. Then, you are visiting relatives."
"I think so."
"No... there is nothing wrong with it."
Alek looked at Tess's ruddy lips and suddenly became wicked. He picked a dripping red strawberry and gave it to her mouth. Tess was startled, and hurriedly fended off with her hands.
"Let me do it myself."
"Don't do that, my lovely cousin, here."
Tess opened her mouth in confusion, and ate the strawberries he had brought. Yarek filled Tess's basket on the ground with strawberries, and put some roses on it. Then he cut out a rose with scissors and was about to insert it into Tess's chest. Tess couldn't help taking a step back. Alec pinned the flower to her hat and said flatly, "As delicate as a rose!" Tess pierced the thorns on the branches and leaves and screamed softly.
"Pretty comes at a price."
After a while, Yarek asked Tess to sit on a small table in the middle of the greenhouse. He fetched a plate of sliced ham. Tess was so kind, timidly picked up the wine glass and put it to her mouth. Yarek looked at her, moved his heart, and the tone of his speech changed: "I want to help with your genealogy. However, there is no need to use the surname Deberville. It is still called De Pifield. Okay? These are two completely different surnames."
"Okay, then."
Go to Debreville's house
Not long after this, Mrs. Debreville sent a letter to Tess's parents. The letter said that if Tess could manage the chicken farm for her, then she would pay her salary and give her a good house as a reward. After John read it, he felt distressed when he thought of his daughter's intention to send the whole family out of trouble for others to call. He told Tess: "The title of our house is sold at a fair price to people." But anyway, the next day, Tess bid farewell to her family in an old car driven by a juvenile coachman. Joanna and Tess who were seeing off were very sad. The five of them stood side by side in the middle of the road, crying goodbye to Tess. When the carriage was about to disappear on the horizon, a luxurious carriage flew out suddenly and stopped Tess's carriage.
It turned out that Yarek drove there quickly by taking the advantage of the downhill slide. Tess got into his car. Ma Fei ran likewise. Tess was swaying, scratching with both hands, trying to grab a place where she could lay her hands on. As a result, he took the arm of Yarek who was spurring the horse.
"Don't grab my arm! Hold my waist!"-Yarek shouted.
Tess had no choice but to hold his hat with one hand and his waist with the other. When the carriage got on the ramp and slowed down, Tess immediately let go.
"You ungrateful person! Just let go so soon before the danger has passed?"
"Because of your madness, it made me dangerous."
"You are not happy. After the carriage has reached the top of the mountain, it has to go downhill." "
However, you can slow down."
"You are such a bold girl, how can you say this! Me, I usually like to rush. This is the best way to raise people's spirits."
"Isn't it necessary at all."
"Let me kiss your little cherry mouth, or kiss your little red cheek. If I can kiss, I promise my reputation, I will tell the horse to go slowly."
"I don't want others to kiss me . "
Unpretentiously, he raised his whip, whistling non-stop, pumping his horse and running fast.
"Stop! Please stop! Well,
whatever you want, look at your relatives, but treat me well." "What relatives, deserve it!"
Alek took off Tess' hat abruptly and kissed her cheek wildly. Tess tried to avoid it and curled up.
"You country girl, you are too nervous."
Tess covered her face with her hat, and while quietly pulling out the flower branches that were still stuck in her hat, she deliberately let the hat scrape off, "Oh," she screamed. Without waiting for the car to stop, he dashed off. Tess picked up her hat and put it on, and walked from the back of the car, but refused to get in. So the two began to walk.
"There are still three miles to Drant Mountain."
"Even if there are sixty miles, I would rather walk."
Yarek forced Tess to love his
work at the Debreville chicken farm. Not too heavy, to Tess's surprise: inquired from the maid that the Debreville family was actually not related to the noble family. The family name was bought by Yarek's father with money. This family was originally named Stokes. The wife is a gray-haired old man, blind in both eyes. Although the temper is a bit weird, it is not a big problem. It hurt Tess' brains, but Alek kept haunting her.
One day, Tess was sitting on the grass, practicing whistle for beckoning chickens. She pouted, but she could only exhale, without a tone. At this time, there was a slippery and sweet whistle. Tess turned her head, and saw Alec lying on the grass, looking at herself. Tess frowned, and Yarek stepped forward with grimace.
"Neither art nor nature can compare to your beauty. Tess, why is your cute little mouth blowing so quietly?"
"It's my business!
" I won't touch you with a finger. As long as you sit still, let me teach you how to blow. Please
watch . You must puck your mouth like this and blow hard." Alek gave Tess a demonstration. She barely learned to play. She couldn't make a sound several times, she laughed, and immediately became annoyed by her smile and flushed. Later, when I blow it seriously, it blows out loudly. Hi, it succeeded, she smiled.
"Hey, it blew... You think the old lady in my family is weird, isn't it?"
"I don't know the old lady very much ." "I don't follow
her eyes. If you raise chickens, she will like you. "
The tragedy of Tess
One Saturday night, she and other female workers went to a dance party in a neighboring village. The ball was held in a large warehouse. Men and women are dancing a Scottish pas de deux to the lively violin music. The comrades danced happily, one after another, Tess kept waiting for them to finish as she had agreed. It was too late when he returned to Drant. That night, the moonlight was particularly bright, and women workers walked in groups on the village road. There was a girl named Carl among them, with a wicker basket on her head. Unexpectedly, honey syrup leaked from the cracks of the basket, dripping down her back like a swimming snake. The people in the same group laughed at the sight. It turned out that a jar of honey in the basket was cracked. In order to get rid of the syrup on his clothes, Carl lay on his back on the grass, rubbing his back and rubbing with the grass. Everyone laughed harder. Tess, who had been quiet, couldn't help laughing with them this time. Unexpectedly, Carl saw, angrily ran up to her: "?!. You bitch, you dare make fun of me loved by the man, like a princess on the air I look it as you are, look,"
he said, Carl took off Xiao Zoe and walked towards the terrified Tess. The girl with me was trying to persuade Karl. Unpretentiously, Yarek sprang out from behind. He rode up, obviously he already knew the whole process of this quarrel.
"It's noisy, what's the matter? Jump up and ride behind me."
Tess stepped on the stirrups, and Yarek reached out to help, she mounted the saddle and sat behind Yarek. The two rushed away, and the women workers watched them.
"It fell into the fire from the flange (Note 2)."
Everyone laughed again.
Tess sat behind Alec, dozing off with her head drooping. The horse ran for a while, then entered the forest and began to slow down.
"Where is this place?"
"Chess Forest, England's oldest and most beautiful forest. How beautiful tonight, don't you think this is a good night and beautiful night?"
"Wrong way."
"Leave it alone. Me too. I'm happy, I really want to extend this wonderful moment. You were frightened just now. It's warm now...is it cold?"
"It's not cold, it's better now."
Alek asked for a trick and said to Tess that he had come here to tell her that he had sent a horse to her house. Tess was surprised and puzzled, unable to say anything to thank her.
The sky was getting brighter, and the morning light poured on the ground through the branches and leaves of the trees. The two rode to a bright place. Yarek stopped his horse.
"I have been suffering since you came to my house."
"Tomorrow I'm going home." On
horseback, Alek suddenly turned and faced Tess.
"No! You can't go! I beg you for the last time! Don't I have any hope?"
Tess lowered her head, silent.
"Hey, Tess, I think you want to die, do you understand?" He
kissed her hand secretly, and wanted to hug her again. Tess desperately broke free and pushed him off the horse with all her strength. Yarek fell to the ground on his back, bumped his head against the roots of the tree, and put his head in his hands. Tess hurriedly dismounted, and sat down close to him.
"I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. Are you hurt?"
Yarek said "It's okay", but the handkerchief used to cover the wound was covered with blood.
"Bleeding! What should I do! How can I stop the bleeding..."
Tess whispered and cried, and Alec took advantage of the momentum to get close to Tess's mouth and kissed it. Tess was intoxicated by his hot and long kiss, and couldn't help but snuggle against him. Alec slowly pushed Tess to the ground, and then undid her little buttons. He threw his whole body up hard. Tess struggled, her face full of pain. The dust of white smoke lifted up, gradually covering the bodies of the two of them——.
——In the tent, Tess opened the box and took out a richly decorated hat. On the bench, Alec sat up halfway and looked at her dreamily.
——A pool of clear water, a white bird swimming in the pool, and a light boat floating on the water. Yarek paddled slowly. Sitting at the stern of the boat was Tess. She was wearing gorgeous clothes and holding a parasol, but her face was full of sorrow.
-A dimly lit bedroom. Tess stood in front of the window, watching the strong wind outside; she was wearing a gorgeous dressing gown. Alec was knocking on the door, and whispered softly: "Quick, please open the door! Don't open it, I'm going to shout! Don't mess around!" Tess walked to the door, but turned back to the bed and sat down, covering her ears with her hands.
In the wee hours of the morning, Tess got up early on her way. With her luggage in both hands, she walked in the other direction with her back to Mount Drante. Yarek drove to the carriage, let Tess ride, and went all the way to the village of Mallot. Seeing her home from a distance, Tess couldn't help feeling sad, her cheeks full of tears.
"I shouldn't be born in this world."
"No matter who I am, I have to live in one place. You are too pessimistic about life. You are so beautiful and you should enjoy the joy of life. The relationship between us is not so good. Is it bad?"
"I was dazzled by you."
"Women always say that."
Tess's face turned blue all of a sudden, and said angrily: "How can you say this. Normal woman Just talk about it, some women are really considered."
"Oh, I understand. I was wrong."
"Get me out of the car!"
Tess got out of the car immediately. Yarek shrugged, and then helped her remove the luggage.
"I deserve to die. I was born a wicked person, and I will probably be a wicked person when I die. But, Tess, if anything happens...even if it is a small difficulty, write to me and I will send the necessary supplies immediately. Yours."
He said solemnly, and kissed Tess.
"Really don't want to come back?"
Tess walked towards her house without looking back. Yarek looked at her back and said, "Goodbye, cousin who has been with me for four months. Goodbye, Tess."
In the golden wheat field, horse-drawn harvesters drove up and down. The farmers bundled up the harvested wheat. The church bell rang at noon. The farmers took their food baskets and sat around for lunch. No matter how warmly they greeted them, Tess still walked to the side of the wheat pile alone, gnawing on the bread. At this time, her sister came with a baby in her arms, Tess took it, and pulled off her coat to feed the baby. Needless to say, this is Yarek's child. Because her old stubborn father made trouble in it, the pastor refused to baptize the child. Tess baptized the child herself, but after a few weeks, the child died. The priest refused to bury the dead baby in the church cemetery for fear of opposition from the people in the village. So Tess secretly buried the child there one night.
Freshmen in the ranch
a spring a few years later. In order to restart her life, Tess came to a ranch in the Blackmore Valley to find a job. She walked down the hill and saw a large herd of cows rushing into the stone door of the cowshed. She put down a little bit of luggage in her hand and sat on the side of the road to rest. There are many well-bred dairy cows in the cowshed. They are lined up in two rows; milkers in white coats are sitting behind the cows, and they are milking. Tess walked into the cowshed, and Jonathan, an elderly milker, found her and was busy telling the owner. The tall court owner walked towards Tess with a smile on his face.
"Take a rest first."
"I want to work right away," Tess replied. She spooned a bowl of fresh milk from the milk bucket that the master was carrying, "Gurulu", and drank it in one breath. She was quite touched: "It's great to be able to drink this. I haven't drunk milk for many years. This will be drunk, and my belly is as heavy as lead."
After a while, the owner continued to milk the milk and squeezed it out. The milk smells a bit bad. The owner sighed, and Jonathan hurriedly explained.
"This is a novice. By coincidence, the cow has just gotten out of the horns."
"Tell him to go back until midsummer. What's the matter, my ranch is always ugly?"
There was a noise next to him, and the owner walked over.
"Don't worry, young man. There are some tricks to do this, you can't use strength
alone ." A young man stood up in front of the owner, stretched his hands and feet, and walked towards the courtyard. He is Angel who has been to Marlot Village.
The girls stretched their heads from behind the cow to look at this unique young man.
Tess slept with three other girls in a big room above the cowshed. She was so tired from work that she fell on the bed. Marian on the next bed sat up and spoke in a low voice. She was talking about the Cricks: Mrs. Crick doesn’t even squeeze milk; Mr. Crick is kind and open-minded, and enjoys prestige among the church and the nation. Mr. Richard Crick!" Marie Angel smiled, and went into the bed again. The low voice sounded to Tess as if coming out of the darkness. Suddenly the sound of a flute came from outside the house. Tess looked up.
"Who is blowing?"
"Mr. Angel Claire... Angel, what a nice name. He came here to learn how to milk. He doesn't talk to us much."
"What? He despised us?"
"On the contrary. He also came from Jiudi, but he doesn’t take it seriously. He is a good man at last. The pastor’s son is determined to study agriculture, and he also learns very steadily."
"Why, do you hate people from Jiudi ?"
"The old door... can be said to be a parasite..."
Marianne said that and fell asleep. The girls are all asleep. Gradually, the flute sound disappeared. Only the flapping of insects' wings and the snoring of cows in dreams were heard. The sound of "pumping, puffing" sounded downstairs, as if the sound of liquid falling down-it turned out that under the dormitory was the dairy product room. Many cloth sacks hung from the ceiling, and milk dripped from the sacks into wooden barrels. There is a large plate in the room, which is divided into many grids, and the prepared breast milk is placed in a neat row. Then, I heard the crow of the chicken...the clash of food. Just by listening to this sound, you can tell that people are starting to eat breakfast.
Angel sat at a table alone, and he looked down while reading. Mrs. Crick gave him a special treat, picking out some sausages from the pot and putting them on his plate. Then he walked to the big table where the host and a dozen other people were sitting, and Marianne brought her a dinner plate, and hiccups somehow. Jonathan asked intriguingly: "The soul is gone." The host said, "The soul of a person will not be separated from the body before death." Someone asked back: "So when you die?" Tess sat at the table. Horn, silently listening to this discussion about the soul. Suddenly a sentence came out: "There is always a way to get the spirit out of the body."
Everyone's eyes turned to Tess. The owner seriously asked: "Is this true? What method?"
"Lying on the grass at night, staring at the stars in the sky, and thinking about the stars in your mind, then your heart will gradually fly to ten. Going thousands of miles away, the body seems to be unable to feel it..."
Angel sat on the other side, listening carefully. He took off his glasses and moved his eyes from the book to Tess. Everyone was silent and motionless. After a while, the silence was broken by Marianne's loud hiccups. Everyone couldn't help but laughed, and continued to eat noisily.
After hitting this, Tess attracted Angel's attention. At the same time, all the girls fell in love with him. One day, Marianne and two other girls were looking at Angel from the window in their dormitory. They couldn't help but sigh, "What a beautiful eye, what a beautiful face, what a beautiful Claire." "But he doesn't know how Marry us." Four girls were reflected in
Angel's pure love
pond, holding the prayer bible in their hands. It had just rained, and the forest path was wet. The girls walked, and a 30-meter-square pond blocked their way. Take a long way, time does not allow. Everyone is embarrassed. Marianne is very brave and suggests that everyone pull a tree by the pond and wade over. As the girls were about to go, Angel carried a fishing rod and waded from the opposite bank.
"You are afraid of water like cats."
"You didn't see us wearing new clothes?"
"Well, let me help you." The
girls hesitated to stretch their arms over for Angel to hold them, one by one. Passed the pond. After Bismuth it was Tess's turn. She pushed and said, "I'm walking along the shore."
Angel was a little disappointed, and whispered to her: "Hey, Tess, I sent the three of them over to hug you..." Picked up Tess.
Tess lowered her head, and Angel stared at her affectionately, moving forward carefully. On the other side, put her down. The other three girls were a little upset.
Afterwards, Angel's love for Tess deepened day by day. One day, when Tess was milking a cow in the wild, Angel couldn't help but walk up to her, hugged her and kissed her for a long time. "Excuse me, Tess. I have no master. There is only one explanation. I sincerely love you." After Angel left, Tess leaned against the cow back behind her, her heart trembling.
Angel went home and told his father, who was a pastor, his decision to propose to Tess. In the morning, he returned to the stall and had just led the horse into the stable, and when she saw Tess coming in, she was yawning. Angel walked quietly behind her, hugging her shoulders. Tess's face glowed with happiness.
"I've been looking for you. Marry me, right? I love you!"
The smile on Tess's face faded in a flash, and she lowered her head sadly. Angel asked her what's wrong. She only replied: "I can't be your wife." A
bucket of milk, Tess tried to skim the cream on it, but her hands shivered, and she skimmed it a few times, but it didn't make it. He fell to the ground in frustration. Her mother's letter urged her not to mention it to Angel.
late at night. Dim road. It's raining. A delivery carriage is driving. Tess and Angel sat on the control platform, with a piece of cloth covering their head and body. There were several large cans of milk piled in the back of the car, which was sent to the railway station. Angel drove the horse with a whip. On the way he asked Tess about the marriage. "Any other suitable people?" Tess squeezed his hand and put it to her mouth and kissed it. "Why do you say that?" "Because when you get home, your love will cool down as soon as you inquire." Tess said nothing.
The train was steaming, and there was a white mist all around. The pick at the station moved the milk can into the carriage. Tess and Angel stood side by side. Tess watched her work, and thoughtfully said to Angel: "You met me once before."
"Really?"
"Yeah. But you didn't dance with me...that was. Marot Village."
"Oh! What a surprise!"
"Remember?"
"Ah, pas de deux, it's not bad. You were so beautiful then."
Angel embraced her affectionately again.
The way home. The rain stopped. The water vapor evaporates all around, making it a vast expanse of whiteness. The carriage in which the two were riding was moving.
After Angel's repeated questioning, Tess began to talk about her life experience-she was born in the village of Marlot, her father was a good drinker, and her family belonged to the old Mendelbergville family.
"That's it?"
"I heard you dislike the old school?"
"Is this your trouble?"
Tess could not help but nodded, feeling uncomfortable.
"That's it, it's absolutely fine! Hey, you promised to be my wife, say, Tess."
"Ah, of course...."
Tess hugged Angel's neck tightly, immersed in a wild kiss. Among.
That night, Tess wrote everything from the past on the letter, then quietly walked to Angel's attic and stuffed the letter into the crack of the door. She stayed up all night and finally stayed up all night. Early the next morning, she waited under the stairs of Angel's attic, with a serious expression on her face, as if she was waiting for a sentence. Angel finally came downstairs. When he saw Tess, he put his arms around her hard: "Probably happiness has increased my appetite, and I am hungry." Suspiciously, Lisi held her hands and ran out together.
In the past few days, Tess got along with Angel, playing in the wild all day. Sometimes I pick apples and eat them, sometimes I stand on the hills and look at the big talk in the distance. She was in a very happy mood, her face flushed.
But once, Tess dressed herself up with wild flowers and went to Angel's attic to play. After entering, I tried to push the door up, and touched the threshold, but found that there was still a letter written by Tess of the original under the door panel. She squeezed the letter and saw that the envelope was still in good condition, and she was shocked. The whole screen turned white when the sun was shining: Tess was dizzy. Immediately afterwards, she stuffed the letter into the skirt of her dress.
Get married, then go to nothing
A carriage "bell" rang and drove quickly to the church. Mrs. Crick wrapped her lace shawl, sitting in the driver's seat and waving her riding whip happily. Behind them sat Tess in a white wedding gown, and the three girls and Mr. Crick, who was well-dressed. At this time, from behind the carriage, Angel's carriage drove quickly. Tess saw him and waved and shouted: "Angel, I have something to say!" But he replied, "Wait slowly after the wedding ceremony is over." The two carriages gradually separated.
After the wedding, the two began their honeymoon. -A double carriage came to a big villa. The mansion was beaming, and Tess and Angel were greeted warmly. The two of them were led by an old woman, through the living room full of sumptuous dinners, to the bedroom on the second floor. I saw a big bed inside, and its canopy was inlaid with chic decorations. This was originally the mansion of the Goodberwell family.
In the washbasin, the clear water was rippling, with two hands touching. "It's hard to tell which hand is mine and which hand is yours." "It's all yours."
After going downstairs, Tess was sitting at the table and Angel brought a Moroccan leather. Put the box on the table.
"Please open it, this is a gift for you, a family heirloom."
Tess opened the box and saw a jewel in front of her eyes: a pair of diamond necklace and earrings. There was a look of surprise on her face.
Angel walked up to Tess, put it on her personally, and then took a few steps backwards, as if to appreciate her incomparably beautiful appearance, full of praise.
"Ah, how beautiful! You are truly unique in the world! Please come here."
He took her hand and walked to the wall mirror to let her admire herself. Tess wrapped his arms around his neck, and Angel said, "I have something to tell you."
He left the surprised Tess, looked down at the fire in the fireplace, and talked about having been with a middle-aged woman when he was in Lunjiao. After a few days. After speaking, he raised his head in horror. Tess looked at him with enthusiasm, and embraced him again.
"You are so kind. Please forgive me. I was only worried that you would blame me."
Tess gathered her courage and decided to confess everything to Angel.
Tess pressed the excited Angel on the chair and told him about her past with Yarek. Angel listened and sank deep in the chair. She had finished speaking, but he was still indifferent, as if he could not understand what Tess was saying. After a while, he slowly stood up, walked to the fireplace, and made an untimely gesture: fiddle with the fire in the stove. Later, he only said "I'll go outside" and went straight out.
A dim path in front of the house. Angel wandered in a daze, and Tess chased after him and walked side by side with him.
"Please forgive me! I forgave you just now."
"I know."
"Can you forgive me as I forgave you?"
"You are not the way you used to be, how pitiful! Poor! Hahaha..."
Suddenly, Angel laughed hysterically, and Tess was taken aback, her face pale.
"What do you mean this laugh? What can I say? More terrible ...... you exactly how the matter?"
The woman you're not my original love. ""
"So what kind of person I am?" "Appearance
has not changed, can be as large It's different."
Tess stopped suddenly, she murmured and repeated Angel's words, trying to figure out what he meant.
Tess caught up with Angel and pleaded bitterly: "I beg you, Angel! At that time I was just a child and didn't know anything about men!"
"You need to know... you have sins."
"So, you won't forgive me?"
"You can forgive, but forgiveness doesn't mean everything is okay."
"You don't love me anymore?"
"I can't be with you who lost your virginity and your declining family Combination. The decline of the family provokes depression and decay of thoughts. I thought you were the daughter of nature, but you turned out to be a descendant soaked in the blood of fallen nobles."
Angell walked away, leaving Tess alone, she stood blankly at night Muzhong.
That night, Tess slept alone. Angel came back very late. He saw that the necklace and earrings given to Tess had been put back in the box.
The next morning, the atmosphere in the room was like a funeral. Angel looked very depressed, and he told Tess that he planned to go abroad to Brazil for a period of time. Tess had no choice but to plan to go to her family.
The bitter years of
winter. In the desolate field, I saw a figure moving. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that it was Tess, carrying things on her hands and shoulders, and staggering along the path... Suddenly the sound of a horn sounded. A group of hunting nobles appeared in front of her. They were dressed in red suits and white trousers, followed by a group of hounds. They galloped past.
In the dark forest, there are many dead leaves piled under a big tree, luggage is placed on it, and cloth is spread evenly on it, which is regarded as a bed. Tess lay with the basket in her arms. When she was tired from walking, she snored and snored and took a nap. Suddenly, hearing the sound of footsteps, raising his body to take a look, a big deer walked over. "Everything is empty," she muttered.
After the rain, the road was muddy. Tess shuffled and walked. A carriage chased from behind, blocking the way. There was a fat man in the car. He lay lazily on the seat, trying to lure Tess into the car. But Tess refused. The fat man ridiculed her and said, "Oh, I seem to have seen it somewhere, if I remember correctly, you are the little wife of the Debreville family! You are very proud of making the young master faint!"
Tess flashed aside. ,escaped.
The night came, and the biting cold wind roared. Tess walked to a humble cabin and stopped and knocked on the window. Marianne, who was about to eat dinner, leaned close to the window and looked out the visitors. She recognized Tess and was surprised, and hurriedly invited her into the house. It turned out that Marianne was driven out of the ranch by Crick due to illness. Now he works in the barren mountains. Tess stayed in Marianne's cottage ever since. The two borrowed a field from the landlord Glover, and lived by collecting some carrots.
The ice melted, and the field turned into a plume of marsh mud. Tess and Marianne bent over and shaved the radish with iron palladium. They were wrapped in brown coarse cloth aprons, their heads were covered with scarves, and they wore long boots and long gloves. It was still cold, and the heat spit out during work suddenly froze into white fume-like smoke, lingering in the gray-brown air, a large basket of radishes was filled, and the two rested for a while. Marianne took out a small bottle of gin from her pocket, handed it to Tess, persuaded her to take a sip, and then slurped up this strong drink herself.
After work, the two of them carried a large basket of radishes to the storage room. There, he used a scimitar to cut the roots of the radish stems. The two of them worked intently, and the landlord Glover came, and he stared at Tess with interest. Tess looked up and thought the man was familiar. Oops, he is the fat man who blocked the road in a carriage. He viciously reprimanded Tess for her lack of work. Marianne comforted her by telling her a joke.
Tess once visited the church and wanted to ask Angel's father for help. She saw the priest, but didn't meet with him, so she turned around and went home.
Meeting Yarek again,
farm work changes with the seasons. No longer digging radishes, but threshing. One day, when Tess was working on a large steam thresher, when she heard someone calling, she responded and saw Alek standing in front of her. He rode a white horse to the farm. Tess was surprised. Yarek approached. He knew her address from Tess's mother's letter, so he rushed over.
"Why didn't you write earlier?"
"There is no need to let you know."
"Don't do this! You are so confused, you are fascinated by your self-esteem. I have an obligation to be a father. It is also for reputation..."
"Fame..."
Tai Si repeated these two words with contempt, then turned and walked away.
Ya Leike Sipilailian followed her, again and again stated:. "??! I sincerely want to help you who your husband where he dare he do that to you ' ."
I beg you, let me go "
moss Silk begged, and finally, unable to bear it, pushed Yarek away and returned to where he was working. But Yarek didn't give up.
It was dark and the thresher stopped. Tess was about to eat next to the machine when he saw Yarek come and sit down. Tess tried to keep silent, but Alek entangled and tried to persuade her.
“请忘记……你
称为丈夫的那个薄情家伙吧！”她恨透这副嘴脸，乘他不备，用皮手套揍他耳光。Yarek was taken aback and stood up.
"You hit me! I will never cry." —Tess raised her face bravely.
"I used to be your husband. I will still be your husband from now on. No matter whose wife you are, you will always be mine!"
Yarek left after speaking.
Time was passing, and Tess's family moved. Tess, her mother, and younger siblings took their tattered corpses and rode in an old carriage through the fields and hillsides... Yarek followed on horseback. He chased Tess's cart and said something like a chase of help, but Tess answered sternly and finally drove him away.
The Tess family had registered their house in the royal tomb earlier. At the destination, the family moved in because they couldn't pay the rent. Tess’s family had no choice but to set up a tent with a four-poster bed and curtain on the edge of the ancestor’s church, chatting and living. The whole family prayed to the ancestors and gods to allow them to stay here temporarily before finding a house.
Tess walked around the church. She saw many sarcophagi on the ground with stone statues lying in them. I also saw the Latin word "Goldbergville's Tomb Gate" engraved on the swarthy wall. Tess
looked at the movement in the iron fence under the stele, and said to herself: "Why don't I lie here." In fact, the "Bodhi Temple" of the Goodberwell family did exist. It The towers, doors, windows, and ceilings with ingenious workmanship are typical of British architecture.
On the
dim village road where Angel came back , a hunched figure supported a cane, struggling to walk. This person is Angel, and when he comes back from Brazil, he looks much older. When he got home, knocked on the door; as soon as his parents in pajamas and candles opened the door, Angel collapsed in front of the surprised old man.
The fire in the fireplace reflected Angel's haggard appearance. With trembling hands, he took a straw and put it into the teacup, sucking the potion. He lay on the bed and read a letter from Tess: "Why are you so cruel to me? I have no reason to be treated like this! I have thought about the whole thing. But I will never forgive you. You are too cruel. . I want to forget you. You are not fair to me at all."
Angel decided to find Tess. He carried a pair of small leather boots that Tess wore when she got married. Walked to the entrance of Marlott Village and stopped: Suddenly, there was a song that the girls danced in the past. When he visited Tess's house, he ran into a strange man chopping wood in the yard. The man told him that Tess's father had died and the family had moved away. He first accompanied the pastor to the tomb of John to mourn, and then rushed to the tomb of the king. Tess' mother told him that Tess had already lived in the city. So Angel took the train to Sacred City. Saint Bang City is located along the English Channel. It is a seaside resort with many new and beautiful villas. Angel ran around, looking for Tess in every possible way. According to the post office's courier, a man named Debreville lives in an apartment near the Bailu Pavilion. Angel thought that Tess had probably changed to her ancestral surname, and was very happy, and quickly rushed there to look for it along the promenade. He counted past the villas, and finally stopped in front of a well-structured building with red bricks and white doors. At this time, the morning milk delivery woman came in. Angel thought that Tess might be a servant in this house, so that she could be seen as soon as the door was opened. So, he no longer hesitated, and climbed up. I rang the doorbell. It was Mrs. Brooke, the mistress of the apartment, who came out to open the door. She was still wearing a nightgown and a nightcap. Angel explained his intentions. The hostess told him to wait downstairs. She looked surprised and went upstairs. Angel waited, only heard the sound of the gardener trimming the bushes with scissors in her ears, and her thoughts were full of...Suddenly, there was a sound of brisk footsteps. Angel looked back at the stairs. Tess came down and stopped abruptly just halfway through. Her appearance changed drastically, wearing a neon dress decorated with white feathers. Angel was a little panicked.
"Tess, I'm here to ask you for forgiveness."
Angel stretched out her hands, but she sullen her face and did not come near.
"It's too late." —An indifferent answer.
"It's too late? Dear wife, I'm here to pick you up, I..."
"Don't get close to me! It's useless for you to come, Angel, it's too late."
Angel was about to get closer, and stopped quickly: "I'm not who I used to be. I have suffered a lot. Please forgive
me ." "Ah, yes. But, it's too late...you don't know anything? How did you get here?"
"With your mother I met and knew you were here."
"I've been waiting for you. But you didn't come. I sent you a letter, but there was still no news... He was kind to me and my house... He took me home. He lives on the second floor. An Jie Well, please go. Don't come next time."
Tess said, and rushed upstairs. Angel's elephant stood with a sullen stick. After a long time, he picked up his hat and suitcase, shrugged and left.
Tess went back to the room upstairs, leaned on the table and choked. Yarek was reading the newspaper in his nightgown. Later, he approached Tess, pouring coffee, and watching her, comforting her sweetly. But no matter how kind she said, Tess kept crying.
"What's the matter with you? You are in a bad mood?...I see. I'm always crying. Please be at ease. Have a nightmare? ... Maybe you dreamed of the person in Brazil."
At this time, The landlord, Mrs. Brooke, was hiding outside the door and peeping through the keyhole, and saw: Tess turned her face away, a painful face, and then stood up and strode towards the door. Mrs. Brook left quickly and went downstairs.
But Tess walked to the door, turned her thoughts, turned back, walked slowly to Yarek, and cut a large piece of meat with a knife.
"You made a big
mess early in the morning. I really admire it. This is a bad habit, and I can't eat breakfast." With dissatisfaction and irritability on Yarek's face, he picked up a piece of buttered toast. I sent it in my mouth and started reading the newspaper again. Tess looked at the meat-cutting knife, then at Yarek, a strange cold light in her eyes.
Soon after, the landlady downstairs saw Tess hurrying out of the apartment. She was dressed as if she were traveling: a long crimson dress, a red cap decorated with black feathers, a veil on her face, and gloves on her hands. Mrs. Brook stopped her embroidery work hurriedly and went to the window to look at her back. Suddenly, her eyes fell to the ceiling. I saw a red dot on the chalky floor, another red dot, and it was getting bigger and bigger. Mrs. Brook suddenly had an ominous premonition. She climbed onto the table and touched the dirt with her hand. She saw that her fingers were covered with bright red blood, she was shocked, and she covered her mouth with her other hand.
Mrs. Brook ran into the yard and called a gardener, who led the way upstairs. The two opened the door to the suite where Tess was staying tremblingly, and saw Alek lying across the bed inside, with a knife stuck in his back.
Run away from the
train station. Tess walked along the carriages and looked into the windows. The whistle sounded. The train moved. The white mist filled the window. Angel, who was sitting in the car, found Tess's face, and quickly opened the door of the private room and hugged her in. The two kissed passionately.
"I killed the man."
Tess's face was pale and panting sharply, and she sat down opposite Angell and said the whole story like a dream.
"I really did that. I don't know how to do it. But once before, I once hit him on the mouth with leather gloves and saw his mouth bleeding... I thought I might take him one day. Killed... well, since then..."
"What did you say?"
"I killed him."
"What? Really killed him ?"
Angel saw that Tess's red dress was exposed. The bottom of the white petticoat that came has been stained red with blood. He approached her and hugged tightly. "I can't bear to leave you! No matter what you do, I always love you and never leave you again." The
two decided to flee from Vesex to the foreign country by boat. In order to escape hunting, the two got out of the car at the next stop and walked through the wilderness on foot.
Under the bridge, Tess waited, and Angel brought food.
In the forest, Tess fell asleep leaning on Angel's knee.
The two walked to the fence of a big house, and the sign hanging at the door said: "This house is rented out and furnished." The two broke a glass window on the side and climbed in. At the end of the second floor, there is a large bedroom with several stained glass windows, which is full of light and very quiet. Tess picked up a chair and sat down: "I can finally rest!" Angel knelt beside her and took off his boots. The two looked at each other, hugged affectionately, and hugged for a long time-into the scene of the two hugging on the bed.
Time passed quietly. Food was spread on the carpet and clothes were on the bed. Tess and Angel had bare shoulders and slept soundly together.
At this time, the administrator came downstairs. She was an old woman who opened the windows of the entire building to ventilate. The sound of her walking awakened Tess and Angel. The old woman touched upstairs and walked to the door of the room where they slept. Pushing open a crack (because the door was held up by the furniture), and looking into the room, only a man and a woman were asleep, and he closed the door and left in a panic.
Angel and Tess began to run away again. They crossed the forest path... the dark town streets... the wind was howling and the jackals howled in the distance. A dark wilderness. Suddenly I saw the remains of a huge stone altar ahead. The two stopped looking around. There are square stone pillars all over the place, and some form a three-stone pagoda shape-a stone spine lies across the two vertical pillars, some stand alone, and some are lying on the grass like a coffin. All this forms a stone forest in the vast wilderness. Angel took Tess into the center of the stone altar, picked a stone slab and sat down.
"This is a place for worshipping the gods?"
"No, this is the sun shrine for the pagans."
"Oh, it's much older than the Debreville family. Will we still meet after we die?"
"Definitely."
"Angel, I'm afraid."
Angel held Tess tightly in his arms.
Before dawn, a gray fog rose. Angel paced back and forth. Suddenly, hearing the sound of horses' hoofs, and looking up, two horsemen appeared, very much like police officers. Angel hurriedly turned around and was about to prepare—
"No need to move, it's useless. It's all around."
Angel looked back, and from the other direction, two policemen walked in the fog.
"Please let her sleep for a while. A little bit will do."
Under his pleading pleading, the policeman looked at Tess who was lying on the stone slab and nodded. Tess woke up, sat up, and looked up at Angel.
"Did they catch me?"
Angel nodded calmly, and Tess said calmly: "Let's go." The
four policemen rode four horses slowly in the wilderness. Sandwiched between them were Angel and Tess in handcuffs. At this time, behind them, looking from between the pillars of the stone altar, a red sun rose.
(End)
Note:
Note 1: Refers to a woman who cannot find a partner.
Note 2: English slang means more and more grooves.
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