In reality, she was drifting into acquiescence. Every see-saw of her breath, every wave of her blood, every pulse singing in her ears, was a voice that joined with nature in revolt against her scrupulousness. Reckless, inconsiderate acceptance of him; to close with him at the altar, revealing nothing, and chancing discovery; to snatch ripe pleasure before the iron teeth of pain could have time to shut upon her: that was what love counselled; and in almost a terror of ecstasy Tess divined that, despite her many months of lonely self-chastisement, wrestlings, communings, schemes to lead a future of austere isolation, love's counsel would prevail.
实际上，她的态度正在发展为默认。她的呼吸和呼吸的每一次变化，她的血液的每一次涨落，她的脉搏在她耳边的每一次跳动，就同她的天性一起发出一种声音，反对她的种种顾虑。不要畏惧，不要顾虑，接受他的爱情；到神坛前去同他结合，什么也不要说，试试看他会不会发现她的过去；在痛苦的铁嘴还没有来得及把她咬住之前，享受已经成熟的快乐：这就是爱情对她的劝说；她几乎带着惊喜的恐惧猜到，尽管好几个月来，她孤独地进行自我惩戒，自我思索，自我对话，制定出许多将来过独身生活的严肃计划，但是爱情却要战胜一切了。

The afternoon advanced, and still she remained among the willows. She heard the rattle of taking down the palls from the forked stands; the 'waow-waow!' which accompanied the getting together of the cows. But she did not go to the milking. They would see her agitation; and the dairyman, thinking the cause to be love alone, would good-naturedly tease her; and that harassment could not be borne.
下午在慢慢地过去，她仍然呆在柳树丛中。她听到了有人把牛奶桶从树杈上取下来发出的响声；也听见了把奶牛赶到一块儿的“呜噢呜噢”的喊声。但是她没有过去挤牛奶。他们会看见她的激动样子的；奶牛场老板只会把她的激动看成是恋爱的结果，因此也要善意地取笑她；决不能让这种戏谑出现。

Her lover must have guessed her overwrought state, and invented some excuse for her non-appearance, for no inquiries were made or calls given. At half-past six the sun settled down upon the levels, with the aspect of a great forge in the heavens, and presently a monstrous pumpkin-like moon arose on the other hand. The pollard willows, tortured out of their natural shape by incessant choppings, became spiny-haired monsters as they stood up against it. She went in, and upstairs without a light.
她的情人也一定猜测到了她过分激动的情形，就为她编造了一个借口，解释她不能来挤牛奶的原因，所以也就没有人再打听或者去喊她。六点半钟的时候，太阳落到了地平线上，那样子就像天上的一个巨大的炼铁炉，同时，一个像南瓜一样的大月亮从另一边升了起来。

It was now Wednesday. Thursday came, and Angel looked thoughtfully at her from a distance, but intruded in no way upon her. The indoor milkmaids, Marian and the rest, seemed to guess that something definite was afoot, for they did not force any remarks upon her in the bedchamber. Friday passed; Saturday. To-morrow was the day.
那天是星期三。星期四又到了，安琪尔从远处心事重重地看着她，但是决不去打搅她。屋内的挤奶姑娘们，还有玛丽安和其他的人，她们猜测肯定正在发生什么事情，因此在房间里就没有议论她。星期五过去了；星期六也过去了。明天就是那一天了。

'I shall give way - I shall say yes - I shall let myself marry him - I cannot help it!' she jealously panted, with her hot face to the pillow that night, on hearing one of the other girls sigh his name in her sleep. 'I can't bear to let anybody have him but me! Yet it is a wrong to him, and may kill him when he knows! O my heart - O - O!'
“我要让步了——我要答应了——我要同意嫁给他了——我没有办法了！”那天夜晚，她把发烧的脸贴在枕头上，听见有一个姑娘在睡梦中呼唤着安琪尔的名字，就满怀妒意地说：“我要自己嫁给他，我不能让别人嫁给他！可是委屈他了，他知道后会气死的啊！啊，我的心啊——啊——啊——啊！”