Monday, April 08, 2013
A Blighted One
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, chapter IV:
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"Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?"
"Yes."
"All like ours?"
"I don't know; but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound—a few blighted."
"Which do we live on—a splendid one or a blighted one?"
"A blighted one."
"'Tis very unlucky that we didn't pitch on a sound one, when there were so many more of 'em!"
"Yes."
