He tenderly asks her forgiveness, but Tess, in anguish, tells him he has come too late; thinking he would never return, she yielded at last to Alec d'Urberville's persuasion and has become his mistress.
He tenderly asks her forgiveness. He has come too late. This is what tess, in anguish, tells him. He would never return. This was what she was thinking. She yielded at last to Alec d'Urberville's persuasion. She has become his mistress.