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CHAPTER XVI A WEEK LATER
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“The curse of true love” ses Miss Claire mornfully “never did run smoothly1. O Delia” ses she “I wish I were ded!”
“Whats the thrubble, darlint?” ses I stopping me wark for a moment.
“Don’t you know?” she arsks.
“Why no darling. Do you think I’m at the kayhole all the time?”
She larfed a bit throo her teers. Then she set down, and put her chin on her little hand.
“Delia” ses she “do you know I havent spoken to Mr. Dudley for a week.”
“My God miss” ses I, “are you cutting the lad?”
She nods her hed sadly.
“The poor lad!” ses I “and he do be wayting for you ivery day at the floury hidge.”
“Papa wont2 let me go neer it” ses she wid a sob3.
“Then why dussent the yung spalpeen cum to the house thin?” ses I indigantly.
“He did” ses she “twice—and—and James insoolted him. O Delia” ses she, and hides her face in her hands.
I drors her into me arms and pets her like a babby, while she poars out into me sympatetic eers her thrubbles.
“You know Delia” ses she “papa yused to be professer of mathymatucks at Logun Yunyversity. Well last winter James began that orful muck rake riting. It seems Mr. Dudley had given a grate many chares to Logun Yunyversity.”
“Chares darlint? For the lads to set upon?”
“No Delia—but it dussent matter. Anyhow he was a grate power in papa’s colluge. Well James began exposing millynairs in the magazines and papers and by and by rote4 a powerful artuckle on tinted5 munney. He sed orful things of Mr. Dudley who wint clane crazy about it. You see he loved to pose as a bennyfactory to his cuntry and James had shown him as he was. It wassent papa’s folt but Mr. Dudley revinged himself on papa. He got the thrustees to ask for papa’s assignashun and now papa joins with James in thinking him the gratest rarscal of the time. So you can see Delia” ses she, her lips trimbling “that nachully they hafnt much yuse for Harry6, and—and they’ve forbidden me to speak to him again.”
“You poor lamb” ses I “but shure if I was Mr. Harry I’d find a way to see you if I had to sneek into the kitchen itself to do it.”
“Delia!” ses she, clutching me arm excitedly, “What an idear! Oh Delia” ses she “Why not?”


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1 smoothly iiUzLG     
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
参考例句:
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
2 wont peXzFP     
adj.习惯于;v.习惯;n.习惯
参考例句:
  • He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
  • It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。
3 sob HwMwx     
n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣
参考例句:
  • The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
  • The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答,也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。
4 rote PXnxF     
n.死记硬背,生搬硬套
参考例句:
  • Learning by rote is discouraged in this school.这所学校不鼓励死记硬背的学习方式。
  • He recited the poem by rote.他强记背诵了这首诗。
5 tinted tinted     
adj. 带色彩的 动词tint的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • a pair of glasses with tinted lenses 一副有色镜片眼镜
  • a rose-tinted vision of the world 对世界的理想化看法
6 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。


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