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CHAPTER III
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THE IRONY1 OF INSPIRED MOMENTS
It happened, the next day after the funeral, I came upon reproductions of Aubrey Beardsley's "Atalanta," and of the tail-piece "Salome," and others. I sat and looked and my soul leaped out upon the new thing. I was bewildered, wondering, grudging2, fascinated. I looked a long time, but my mind, or my soul, would come to no state of coherence3. I was fascinated and overcome, but yet full of stubbornness and resistance.
Lettie was out, so, although it was dinner-time, even because it was dinner-time, I took the book and went down to the mill.
The dinner was over; there was the fragrance4 of cooked rhubarb in the room. I went straight to Emily, who was leaning back in her chair, and put the Salome before her.
"Look," said I, "look here!"
She looked; she was short-sighted, and peered close. I was impatient for her to speak. She turned slowly at last and looked at me, shrinking, with questioning.
"Well?" I said.
"Isn't it—fearful!" she replied softly.
"No!—why is it?"
"It makes you feel—Why have you brought it?"
"I wanted you to see it."
Already I felt relieved, seeing that she too was caught in the spell.
"Good Lord!" he drawled, half amused. The children came crowding to see, and Emily closed the book.
"I shall be late—Hurry up, Dave!" and she went to wash her hands before going to school.
"Give it me, will you!" George asked, putting out his hand for the book. I gave it him, and he sat down to look at the drawings. When Mollie crept near to look, he angrily shouted to her to get away. She pulled a mouth, and got her hat over her wild brown curls. Emily came in ready for school.
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n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄 | |
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coherence
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mash
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cedar
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rim
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delightful
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sentimental
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crunching
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jingled
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ad.表示(某事物)地;表达地 | |
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shareholder
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moody
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haughty
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n.穗( tassel的名词复数 );流苏状物;(植物的)穗;玉蜀黍的穗状雄花v.抽穗, (玉米)长穗须( tassel的第三人称单数 );使抽穗, (为了使作物茁壮生长)摘去穗状雄花;用流苏装饰 | |
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焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
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fret
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v.(使)烦恼;(使)焦急;(使)腐蚀,(使)磨损 | |
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petulant
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wastefully
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gibe
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