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“
Ah
,
you
are
the
young
woman
come
to
look
after
my
birds
?
”
said
Mrs
d
’
Urberville
,
recognizing
a
new
footstep
.
“
I
hope
you
will
be
kind
to
them
.
My
bailiff
tells
me
you
are
quite
the
proper
person
.
Well
,
where
are
they
?
Ah
,
this
is
Strut
!
But
he
is
hardly
so
lively
today
,
is
he
?
He
is
alarmed
at
being
handled
by
a
stranger
,
I
suppose
.
And
Phena
too
—
yes
,
they
are
a
little
frightened
—
aren
’
t
you
,
dears
?
But
they
will
soon
get
used
to
you
.
”
While
the
old
lady
had
been
speaking
Tess
and
the
other
maid
,
in
obedience
to
her
gestures
,
had
placed
the
fowls
severally
in
her
lap
,
and
she
had
felt
them
over
from
head
to
tail
,
examining
their
beaks
,
their
combs
,
the
manes
of
the
cocks
,
their
winds
,
and
their
claws
.
Her
touch
enabled
her
to
recognize
them
in
a
moment
,
and
to
discover
if
a
single
feather
were
crippled
or
draggled
.
She
handled
their
crops
,
and
knew
what
they
had
eaten
,
and
if
too
little
or
too
much
;
her
face
enacting
a
vivid
pantomime
of
the
criticisms
passing
in
her
mind
.
The
birds
that
the
two
girls
had
brought
in
were
duly
returned
to
the
yard
,
and
the
process
was
repeated
till
all
the
pet
cocks
and
hens
had
been
submitted
to
the
old
woman
—
Hamburghs
,
Bantams
,
Cochins
,
Brahmas
,
Dorkings
,
and
such
other
sorts
as
were
in
fashion
just
then
—
her
perception
of
each
visitor
being
seldom
at
fault
as
she
received
the
bird
upon
her
knees
.
It
reminded
Tess
of
a
Confirmation
,
in
which
Mrs
d
’
Urberville
was
the
bishop
,
the
fowls
the
young
people
presented
,
and
herself
and
the
maid
-
servant
the
parson
and
curate
of
the
parish
bringing
them
up
.
At
the
end
of
the
ceremony
Mrs
d
’
Urberville
abruptly
asked
Tess
,
wrinkling
and
twitching
her
face
into
undulations
,
“
Can
you
whistle
?
”
“
Whistle
,
Ma
’
am
?
”
“
Yes
,
whistled
tunes
.
”
Tess
could
whistle
like
most
other
country
girls
,
though
the
accomplishment
was
one
which
she
did
not
care
to
profess
in
genteel
company
.
However
,
she
blandly
admitted
that
such
was
the
fact
.
“
Then
you
will
have
to
practise
it
every
day
.
I
had
a
lad
who
did
it
very
well
,
but
he
has
left
.
I
want
you
to
whistle
to
my
bullfinches
;
as
I
cannot
see
them
I
like
to
hear
them
,
and
we
teach
’
em
airs
that
way
.
Tell
her
where
the
cages
are
,
Elizabeth
.
You
must
begin
tomorrow
,
or
they
will
go
back
in
their
piping
.
They
have
been
neglected
these
several
days
.
”
“
Mr
d
’
Urberville
whistled
to
’
em
this
morning
,
ma
’
am
,
”
said
Elizabeth
.
