The only daughter of a friend and neighbor of the Clares, Mercy Chant is the girl Angel Clare's parents hope he will marry. She is religious and holds Bible classes but appears cold and unyielding. She ends up married to Angel's brother, Cuthbert.
Angel is the youngest son of Rev. James Clare and his wife. He appears in the opening chapters of the book as a young man with upper-class bearings that dances with Tess's friends as they celebrate their May festival. He demonstrates immediately the differences between him and his brothers; while they hurry home to their studies, he pauses to dance and admire Tess's beauty. The two.....
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