Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 1663
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And by a sort of fascination the three girls, one after another, crept out of their beds, and came and stood barefooted round Tess. Retty put her hands upon Tess’s shoulders, as if to realize her friend’s corporeality after such a miracle, and the other two laid their arms round her waist, all looking into her face.