Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 1334
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“But ought she not primarily to be able to milk cows, churn good butter, make immense cheeses; know how to sit hens and turkeys and rear chickens, to direct a field of labourers in an emergency, and estimate the value of sheep and calves?”