Cultured, idealistic, sympathetic, he seemed to Tess a demigod ,and though she had sworn herself to celibacy, the enforced propinquity ripened into intimacy and drifted into love.
他有教养,有理想,富有同情心,在苔丝看来,他是象神一样的人。虽然她曾发誓不嫁,但是由于工作上不得不和他接近,他们逐渐亲密了起来,苔丝终于坠入情网。