Tess's excitable heart beat against bis by way of reply; and there they stood upon the red-brick floor of the entry, the sun slanting in by the window upon his back, as he held her tightly to his breast; upon her inclining face, upon the blue veins of her temple, upon her naked arm, and her neck, and into the depths of her hair. Having been lying down in her clothes she was warm as a sunned cat. At first she would not look straight up at him, but her eyes soon lifted, and his plumbed the deepness of the ever-varying pupils, with their radiating fibrils of blue, and black, and gray, and violet, while she regarded him as Eve at her second waking might have regarded Adam.
苔丝那颗容易激动的心紧靠着克莱尔跳动着，作为对他的回答；他们就站在门厅的红地砖上，克莱尔紧紧地把苔丝搂在怀里，太阳从窗户里斜射进来，照在他的背上；也照在苔丝低垂着的脸上，照在她太阳穴上的蓝色血管上，照在她裸露的胳膊和脖颈上，照进了她又浓又密的头发里。她是和衣而卧的，所以身上暖暖的，像一只晒过太阳的猫。她起初不肯抬头看他，但是不久就抬起头看着他，大概就是夏娃第二次醒来时看亚当的样子，克莱尔也看着她的眼睛，一直看到了她那变幻不定的瞳仁的深处，只见里面闪耀着蓝色、黑色和紫色的光彩。

'I've got to go a-skimming,' she pleaded, 'and I have on'y old Deb to help me to-day. Mrs Crick is gone to market with Mr Crick, and Retty is not well, and the others are gone out somewhere, and won't be home till milking.'
“我得去撇奶油了，”她解释说，“今天只有老德贝拉一个人帮我。克里克太太和克里克先生一起上市场去了，莱蒂不舒服，别的人也有事出了门，不到挤牛奶的时候不会回来。”

As they retreated to the milk-house Deborah Fyander appeared on the stairs.
他们在往牛奶房走的时候，德贝拉·费安德从楼梯上露面了。

'I have come back, Deborah,' said Mr Clare, upwards.'So I can help Tess with the skimming; and, as you are very tired, I am sure, you needn't come down till milking-time.'
“我已经回来了，德贝拉，”克莱尔抬起头来说。“我来帮苔丝撇奶油吧；我想你肯定很累，挤牛奶的时候你再下来吧。”

Possibly the Talbothays milk was not very thoroughly skimmed that afternoon. Tess was in a dream wherein familiar objects appeared as having light and shade and position, but no particular outline. Every time she held the skimmer under the pump to cool it for the work her hand trembled, the ardour of his affection being so palpable that she seemed to flinch under it like a plant in too burning a sun.
当天下午，泰波塞斯的奶油可能没有完全撇干净。苔丝宛如在梦里一样，平常熟悉的物体，看起来只是一些明暗不清、变幻不定的影子，没有特别的形体和清楚的轮廓。她每次把撇奶油的勺子拿到冷水管下面冷却时，手直发颤，她也可以感觉到他的感情是那样炽热，而她就像是猛烈燃烧着的太阳底下的一棵植物，似乎想避开逃走。