Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2403
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“O yes; they’ll take one always, because few care to come. ’Tis a starve-acre place. Corn and swedes are all they grow. Though I be here myself, I feel ’tis a pity for such as you to come.”