Phase the Second: Maiden No More (12–15)[edit]
Tess goes home to her father's cottage, where she keeps almost entirely to her room. The following summer, she gives birth to a sickly boy who lives only a few weeks. On his last night alive, Tess baptises him herself, because her father would not allow the parson to visit, stating that he didn't want the parson to "pry into their affairs". The child is given the name 'Sorrow' and Tess arranges his burial in the "shabby corner" of the churchyard reserved for unbaptised infants. Tess adds a homemade cross to the grave with flowers in an empty marmalade jar.
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