Ironically concealed under the carpet it lies until Tess, with a sudden late intuition on her wedding morn, discovers its hiding-place and tears it up.

• 谁知这封信像捉弄人似地被塞到了地毯下面去了，直到举行婚礼的清晨，苔丝突然产生一种直觉，发现了信的所在，因已经晚了，她就将它撕了。