Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 1039
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Still, it was strange that they should have come to her while yet so young; more than strange; it was impressive, interesting, pathetic. Not guessing the cause, there was nothing to remind him that experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration. Tess’s passing corporeal blight had been her mental harvest.