Tess of the d'Urbervilles Phase V: The Woman Pays Chapter 37

In which the troubled sleepwalking of a husband reveals deep and sorrowful emotions, leading to a nocturnal journey by the river and within ancient ruins, where tenderness and frailty momentarily unite amidst a shadow of parting. The following day, a quiet and constrained farewell unfolds with composed endurance, as the couple confronts a painful separation overshadowed by unspoken feelings and the mundane duties of departure.