Mermaid2 and her husband travelled about, crossing the Atlantic and visiting Paris, where Guy showed his wife some scenes of his boyhood. They rambled3 through little towns. And in these the streets seemed always to be crowded with youngsters at play.
Mermaid had hold of Guy’s arm. He felt her red-gold hair brush his cheek.
“Children!” he said, and fell silent. “We, too, were children once. I think we will always remain children, you and I. The spirit does not die, but the body must be renewed. It is ours to renew it.”
They walked on together, and everywhere the children looked up from the excitement and laughter of their games to glance at them interestedly or disinterestedly4, curiously5 or with indifference6, and here and there they caught a smile, fleeting7 and momentary8, fashioned expressly for them, inviting9 them to share the instant’s joy. As they walked they drew closer together. They were no longer blissfully happy, moving in a thoughtless perfection of shared and reciprocated10 love. They were[225] intelligently happy, perceptively11, hopefully happy. To the delight of the moment and of each other was added the delight of anticipation12. They walked on and looked down the long vista13 of the future.
Their love had now a meaning and a purpose for both of them that transcended14 the dear comradeship and pleasure of the present. It was still love, but it was not the same love; it had in it a sense of obligation, an instinct of fidelity15, a passion of service, an element of devotion. In a little village church they knelt together, reverently16, before the altar, and the same prayer was in both their hearts.
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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2 mermaid | |
n.美人鱼 | |
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(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论 | |
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adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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adj.短暂的,飞逝的 | |
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adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的 | |
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10 reciprocated | |
v.报答,酬答( reciprocate的过去式和过去分词 );(机器的部件)直线往复运动 | |
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adv.洞察力强地,敏锐地 | |
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12 anticipation | |
n.预期,预料,期望 | |
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n.忠诚,忠实;精确 | |
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adv.虔诚地 | |
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