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Concerning these two girls and their odd, unsophisticated, daring point of view and love of life, I have always had the most confused feelings. They were crazy and starving for something different from what they knew. What had become of all the staid and dull sobriety of their parents in this queer American atmosphere? The old people had no interest in or patience with any such restlessness. As for their two girls, it would have been as easy to seduce1 one or both of them, in the happy, seeking mood in which they met me, as to step off a car. Plainly they liked me, both of them. My conquest was so easy that it detracted from the charm. The weaker sex, in youth at least, has to be sought to be worth while. I began to question whether I should proceed in this matter as fast as they seemed to wish.
Now that they had made friends with me, I liked them both. When we met the following Wednesday evening, and I had taken them to a commonplace restaurant, I was a little puzzled to know what to do with them, rarely having a whole evening to myself. Finally I invited them to my room, wondering if they would come. It seemed a great adventure to me, most daring, but I could not quite make up my mind which of the two I preferred. Just the same they came with me, looking on the proceeding2 as a great and delicious adventure. As we came along Broadway in the dark after dinner they hung on my arms, laughing and jesting at what their parents would think, and when we went up the dimly lighted stair, an old, wide, squeaky flight, they chortled over the fun and mystery of it all. The room was nothing much—the same old books, hangings and other trifles—but it seemed to please them greatly. What pleased them most was the fact that one could go and come without attracting any attention. They browsed3 about at first, and I, never having been confronted by just this situation before and being still backward, did little or nothing save discuss generalities. The one I had most favored (the heroine) was more retiring than the younger, less feverish4 but still gay. I could only be with them from seven to ten-thirty, but they intimated that they would come again when they could stay as late as I chose. The suggestion was too obvious and I lost interest. Soon I told them I had to go back to the office and took them to a car. A few days later I took the medal to Gunda at the store, where she received it with much pleasure, asking where I had been and when she was to see me again. I made an appointment for another day, which I never kept. It meant, as I reasoned it out, that I should have to go further with her and her sister, but not being
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seduce
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vt.勾引,诱奸,诱惑,引诱 | |
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sufficiently
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distress
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lash
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gnawing
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a.痛苦的,折磨人的 | |
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advancement
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obsessed
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curiously
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lure
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forth
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retrospect
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possessed
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journalism
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cynical
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amiable
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doctrine
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genial
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slaying
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slay
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helping
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expound
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sentimental
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bishop
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judgment
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Christian
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sewer
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delusion
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cub
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decency
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antagonistic
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astonishment
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perversion
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gatherings
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聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集 | |
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condescending
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bantering
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ranting
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irritable
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meshed
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有孔的,有孔眼的,啮合的 | |
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expatiate
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v.细说,详述 | |
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queried
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smirky
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scouts
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侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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virtuous
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genially
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meditated
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tangle
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longings
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condemned
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untold
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melodrama
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comedian
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melodramas
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mule
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