It was a great event in our family, and I still recall that as my father and mother broke its seal, I sprang joyously2 up the stairs, two steps at a time, in my haste to reach the second floor and call my grandmother and aunts from their rooms.
Inside the plump-feeling envelope, which was covered over with South American stamps, there was a note for me, and enclosed in this I found a pressed flower, a sort of five-petalled star which, though somewhat faded, was still pink. The flower, my brother wrote, was from a shrub3 that had taken root and blossomed beside his window, almost within his Tahitian hut, which was actually invaded by the luxuriant vegetation of the region. Oh! with what deep emotion;—with what avidity, if I may express it thus, did I gaze at and touch the periwinkle which was almost a fresh and living part of that unknown and distant land, of that voluptuous4 nature.
Then I pressed it again with so much care that I possess it intact to this day.
And after many years, when I made a pilgrimage to the humble5 dwelling6 in which my brother lived during his stay in Tahiti, I saw that the shady garden surrounding it was rosy7 with these periwinkles; they had even pushed their way over the threshold of the door to blossom within the deserted8 cabin.
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1 delightful | |
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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n.灌木,灌木丛 | |
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adj.肉欲的,骄奢淫逸的 | |
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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