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Angel came back, idiotic Angel who abandoned Tess. And he was too. late. I wanted to cry. Then Tess decided to take things into her own hands…Alec is no more! I wanted to open my door and scream at my neighbors “SUBLIME!” But alas, it is ill-used female rage that can only end in further tragedy.

“When he was gone she bent down upon the entrance to the vaults, and said — ‘Why am I on the wrong side of this door!’” 😢

“Yet a consciousness that in a physical sense this man was her husband seemed to weigh on her more and more.” 😞 Stupid Angel. Stupid Alec. Stupid Victorian society. 😤

The unlikely Arminian convert makes Tess swear on a pagan symbol of evil to never seduce him, HIM. I continue to read this book fully enraged.

I hate Angel with a burning passion. He is a hypocritical poop head.

So far, Tess is a tragic heroine who seems to be rallying after her loss of innocence and newborn. She starts a new life as a milkmaid and runs into the young man who previously passed her over during the May Day dance. He’s young, educated, genteel, and SINGLE.

Part One is titled The Maiden. It ends with Tess essentially kidnapped by her “cousin” and lost in a dark wood. She falls asleep next to him. The next part is titled Maiden No More. ☹️

Tess is mad that a cute guy didn’t notice her during the May Day dance.