Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 954
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Tess had not at this hour the curiosity to ask why the present Mr Clare was not made a parson like his brethren, and gradually fell asleep again, the words of her informant coming to her along with the smell of the cheeses in the adjoining cheeseloft, and the measured dripping of the whey from the wrings downstairs.