Tess of the d'Urbervilles Phase V: The Woman Pays Chapter 38

In which Tess returns to the familiar, yet changed, home of her youth bearing the weight of secret sorrows, and struggles to confront her family with the truth that shatters their hopeful illusions. Amidst their bewildered and contradictory emotions, she finds no place for herself in the household, prompting a transient departure under the guise of reunion and a discreet generosity in parting.