Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2256
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He deemed it best not to put his parents into communication with her by informing them of her address; and, being unaware of what had really happened to estrange the two, neither his father nor his mother suggested that he should do so. During the day he left the parsonage, for what he had to complete he wished to get done quickly.