Tess--Chapter 13

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13. What “awful secret” did Tess tell Clare when they rode to the station? Why didn’t she tell him the truth about her past? What was Angel’s guilty secret that he confessed to Tess on their wedding night?

美文赏欣：They spent all their time together, as country people do once they are engaged. In the wonderful autumn afternoons they walked by streams, crossing on little wooden bridges. They saw tiny blue fogs in the shadows of trees and hedges, and at the same time bright sunshine in the fields. The sun was so near the ground that the shadows of Clare and Tess stretched a quarter of a mile ahead of them, like two long pointing fingers. When Clare talked to Tess of their future, and the farm they would have abroad, she could hardly believe that she would be going through the world by his side. Her feeling for him was now the breath and life of Tess’s being. It made her forget her past sorrows, but she knew they were waiting like wolves for their moment to attack. 

2024-05-09

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  She was afraid that if she told him, he wouldn't love her anymore

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  Tess revealed to Clare that she had been "unfaithful" to him, but didn't tell him the truth about her past because she feared his rejection; Angel's guilty secret was that he had lived a wild and immoral life in Brazil before meeting Tess.

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  On the way to the station, Tess confessed a "terrible secret" to Clare that she was not a virgin. She was once defiled by Alec d'Urberville and lost her virginity. The reason why Tess did not tell Claire the truth about her past was because she deeply loved Claire and was afraid that he would leave her because of it. She believes that Claire is a pure and morally minded person who cannot accept her past. Therefore, she chose to hide this secret, hoping to maintain their love. However, on their wedding night, Claire confessed her sinful secret to Tess. He admitted that before he met Tess, he had a brief period of debauchery, when he indulged himself and violated his moral beliefs. He felt deeply guilty about it and told Tess that it was a secret he had been hiding in his heart. Claire's confession showed his trust in Tess and willingness to share his past courage, although it also reflected to some extent his own moral wavering and contradictions. The exchange of these two secrets reveals the complex and fragile relationship between Tess and Claire. Tess's secret is about the purity of her body, while Claire's secret is about his moral faults. Both of them tried to hide their past, but ultimately chose to confess because of love. However, these secrets ultimately had a profound impact on their relationship, leading to numerous obstacles on their love journey.

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