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TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible1 horror of Vimpany, kept Iris2 in her room. Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor. She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend3 the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger’s face, and recognising the living likeness4 of her husband.
The hours advanced — the bustle5 of domestic life sank into silence — everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
Through the wakeful night the sense of her situation oppressed her sinking spirits. Mysteries that vaguely6 threatened danger made their presence felt, and took their dark way through her thoughts. The cottage, in which the first happy days of her marriage had been passed, might ere long be the scene of some evil deed, provoking the lifelong separation of her husband and herself! Were these the exaggerated fears of a woman in a state of hysterical7 suspicion? It was enough for Iris to remember that Lord Harry8 and Mr. Vimpany had been alike incapable9 of telling her the truth. The first had tried to deceive her; the second had done his best to frighten her. Why? If there was really nothing to be afraid of — why? The hours of the early morning came; and still she listened in vain for the sound of my lord’s footstep on the stairs; still she failed to hear the cautious opening of his dressing-room door. Leaving her chair, Iris rested on the bed. As time advanced,

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adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的 | |
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harry
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honeymoon
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irresistibly
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adv.无法抵抗地,不能自持地;极为诱惑人地 | |
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memorable
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adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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trifling
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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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(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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