Nineteen（1）

Nineteen
I
Hilary awoke the following night with a start. She raised herself on her el-bow, listening.
“Tom, do you hear?”
“Yes. Aircraft—flying low. Nothing in that. They come over from time totime.”
“I wondered—” She did not finish her sentence.
She lay awake thinking, going over and over that strange interview withAristides.
The old man had got some kind of capricious liking¹ for her.
Could she play upon that?
Could she in the end prevail upon him to take her with him, out into theworld again?
Next time he came, if he sent for her, she would lead him on to talk ofhis dead red-haired wife. It was not the lure² of the flesh that would captiv-ate him. His blood ran too coldly now in his veins³ for that. Besides he hadhis “young girls.” But the old like to remember, to be urged on to talk oftimes gone by. .?.?.
Uncle George, who had lived at Cheltenham .?.?.
Hilary smiled in the darkness, remembering Uncle George.
Were Uncle George and Aristides, the man of millions, really very differ-ent under the skin? Uncle George had had a housekeeper—“such a nice,safe woman, my dear, not flashy or sexy or anything like that. Nice andplain and sane⁴.” But Uncle George had upset his family by marrying thatnice, plain woman. She had been a very good listener. .?.?.
What had Hilary said to Tom? “I’ll find a way of getting out of here?”
Odd, if the way should prove to be Aristides.

1 liking   

n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢

参考例句：

• The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
• I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。

2 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

3 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 sane   

adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的

参考例句：

• He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
• He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。