Tess of the d'Urbervilles Phase III: The Rally Chapter 16

In which Tess, having resolved to seek a new beginning, journeys through the tranquil and expansive countryside, finding herself strangely uplifted by the fresh air and the stirring landscape of the Valley of the Great Dairies. As she arrives at the dairy farm, she is quietly witness to the homely yet orderly ritual of milking-time, a scene imbued with the steady rhythms of rural life and nature’s generosity.