 Tess of the Derbervilles, a pure woman, faithfully presented by Thomas Hardy. Read by George Doyle. CHAPTER I On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shastan to the village of Marlott in the adjoining vale of Blackmore, or Blackmore. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gate which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight line. He occasionally gave a smart nod, as if in confirmation of some opinion, though he was not thinking of anything in particular. An empty egg-basket was slung upon his arm, the nap of his hat was ruffled, a patch being quite worn away at its brim, where his thumb came in taking it off. Presently he was met by an elderly...