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MR. VIMPANY (of the College of Surgeons) was a burly man, heavily built from head to foot. His bold round eyes looked straight at his fellow-creatures with an expression of impudent1 good humour; his whiskers were bushy, his hands were big, his lips were thick, his legs were solid. Add to this a broad sunburnt face, and a grey coat with wide tails, a waistcoat with a check pattern, and leather riding-gaiters — and no stranger could have failed to mistake Mr. Vimpany for a farmer of the old school. He was proud of the false impression that he created. “Nature built me to be a farmer,” he used to say. “But my poor foolish old mother was a lady by birth, and she insisted on her son being a professional man. I hadn’t brains for the Law, or money for the Army, or morals for the Church. And here I am a country doctor — the one representative of slavery left in the nineteenth century. You may not believe me, but I never see a labourer at the plough that I don’t envy him.”
This was the husband of the elegant lady with the elaborate manners. This was the man who received Mountjoy with a “Glad to see you, sir,” and a shake of the hand that hurt him.
“Coarse fare,” said Mr. Vimpany, carving2 a big joint3 of beef; “but I can’t afford anything better. Only a pudding to follow, and a glass of glorious old sherry. Miss Henley is good enough to excuse it — and my wife’s used to it — and you will put up with it, Mr. Mountjoy, if you are half as amiable4 as you look. I’m an old-fashioned man. The pleasure of a glass of wine with you, sir.”
Hugh’s first experience of the “glorious old sherry” led him to a discovery, which proved to be more important than he was disposed to consider it at the moment. He merely observed, with some amusement, that Mr. Vimpany smacked5 his lips in hearty6 approval of the worst sherry that his guest had ever tasted. Here, plainly self-betrayed, was a medical man who was an exception to a general rule in the profession — here was a doctor ignorant of the difference between good wine and bad!

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adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的,厚颜无耻的 | |
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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拍,打,掴( smack的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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hearty
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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n.女房东,女地主 | |
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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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preoccupied
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iris
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squire
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outspoken
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humbug
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bankruptcy
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adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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adherent
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jovial
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asthma
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n.气喘病,哮喘病 | |
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facetious
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devout
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adj.虔诚的,虔敬的,衷心的 (n.devoutness) | |
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默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想 | |
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intoxication
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缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳 | |
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harry
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skilful
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(=skillful)adj.灵巧的,熟练的 | |
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v.使陷入圈套,使入陷阱( entrap的现在分词 ) | |
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confidentially
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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remonstrance
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n抗议,抱怨 | |
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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