“It’s rather hard on the visitors,” he explained to Mary about his absences, “who come over in droves, mornings and afternoons, but even if I were there I couldn’t demonstrate the use of the apparatus3 myself without the aid of any of my crew.”
The three sat regarding the ocean in which the four children were frolicking. The two boys could both swim, but were wisely not attempting to do more than duck in and out of the breakers.
“I think I shall stay here all winter,” Mary Vanton said, suddenly.
The men looked at her, but neither spoke4.
“I have always loved the beach,” she went on, after a little hesitation5. “I have always thought I should[248] like to live here. We shall be comfortable and I think it will be good for the children.”
She spoke in a matter-of-fact way. Tommy Lupton wondered if she was setting herself a vigil of watching and waiting against the possibility and improbability of her husband’s return. Richard Hand also thought of this, but decided—he could hardly have said why—that there was something she wanted to think out, some plan she wanted to arrive at respecting herself and the children. Here, in a comparative isolation6, she could work it out for herself. It seemed more in her character, somehow.
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1 contrived | |
adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的 | |
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adv.专门地,技术上地 | |
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n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离 | |
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