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'But when people find themselves on one of the highest points in the county, they must get down again,' he retorted. He loosened rein, and away they went a second time. D'Urberville turned his face to her as they rocked, and said in playful raillery: 'Now then, put your arms round my waist again, as you did before, my Beauty.' 去书内
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  • LonelyMonkey LonelyMonkey

    This brief exchange is a masterful display of Alec d'Urberville's manipulative power. His retort, "when people find themselves on one of the highest points... they must get down again," is a cynical and deliberate double entendre. On the surface, it refers to the physical hill, but its true meaning is a predatory anticipation of Tess's moral and social descent, which he himself will engineer. His act of loosening the reins signifies him setting in motion this very fall. The command, "put your arms round my waist again," cloaked in playful raillery, is not a request but a assertion of dominance, exploiting her physical vulnerability to reinforce his control. The use of "my Beauty" reduces her to a possessed object, starkly contrasting with her fear and powerlessness in the careening carriage. This moment crystallizes the novel's tension between forced intimacy and coercion.

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