1 Nevertheless, Alec did not object to that confession.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: XI 2 Alec looked at Tess as he spoke, in a way that made her blush a little.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: V 3 She begged him to slow the animal to a walk, which Alec accordingly did.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: XI 4 "Oh no; it's not necessary," replied Alec, patting the panting creature.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: XI 5 She looked round, and saw the red coal of a cigar: Alec d'Urberville was standing there alone.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: X 6 Alec d'Urberville had evidently thought better of his freak to terrify her by an ambush of that kind.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: IX 7 The newcomer was, indeed, Alec d'Urberville, the late Evangelist, despite his changed attire and aspect.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: XLVII 8 In the meantime Alec d'Urberville had pushed on up the slope to clear his genuine doubt as to the quarter of The Chase they were in.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: XI 9 But more startling to Tess than the doctrine had been the voice, which, impossible as it seemed, was precisely that of Alec d'Urberville.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 5 The Woman Pays: XLIV 10 She had an attribute which amounted to a disadvantage just now; and it was this that caused Alec d'Urberville's eyes to rivet themselves upon her.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: V 11 They were at some distance from the man who turned the slicer, and the movement of the machine, too, sufficiently prevented Alec's words reaching other ears.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: XLVI 12 It was Alec d'Urberville, whom she had not set eyes on since he had conducted her the day before to the door of the gardener's cottage where she had lodgings.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: IX 13 It was not her hard taskmaster, Farmer Groby; it was one in a semi-clerical costume, who now represented what had once been the free-and-easy Alec d'Urberville.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: XLVI 14 Having mounted beside her, Alec d'Urberville drove rapidly along the crest of the first hill, chatting compliments to Tess as they went, the cart with her box being left far behind.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: VIII 15 They were all now inside the field, and she was edging back to rush off alone when a horseman emerged almost silently from the corner of the hedge that screened the road, and Alec d'Urberville looked round upon them.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: X 16 Knowing very well that he did not harass the other women of the farm as he harassed her out of spite for the flooring he had once received, she did for one moment picture what might have been the result if she had been free to accept the offer just made her of being the monied Alec's wife.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: XLVI 17 She bent forward, at which each diamond on her neck gave a sinister wink like a toad's; and pressing her forehead against his temple she entered on her story of her acquaintance with Alec d'Urberville and its results, murmuring the words without flinching, and with her eyelids drooping down.
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