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CHAPTER XXI.A Matter of Tunnels
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The question of Sohlberg adjusted thus simply, if brutally1, Cowperwood turned his attention to Mrs. Sohlberg. But there was nothing much to be done. He explained that he had now completely subdued2 Aileen and Sohlberg, that the latter would make no more trouble, that he was going to pension him, that Aileen would remain permanently3 quiescent4. He expressed the greatest solicitude5 for her, but Rita was now sickened of this tangle6. She had loved him, as she thought, but through the rage of Aileen she saw him in a different light, and she wanted to get away. His money, plentiful7 as it was, did not mean as much to her as it might have meant to some women; it simply spelled luxuries, without which she could exist if she must. His charm for her had, perhaps, consisted mostly in the atmosphere of flawless security, which seemed to surround him—a glittering bubble of romance. That, by one fell attack, was now burst. He was seen to be quite as other men, subject to the same storms, the same danger of shipwreck8. Only he was a better sailor than most. She recuperated9 gradually; left for home; left for Europe; details too long to be narrated10. Sohlberg, after much meditating11 and fuming12, finally accepted the offer of Cowperwood and returned to Denmark. Aileen, after a few days of quarreling, in which he agreed to
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traction
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膨胀; 凸出(部); 打气; 折皱 | |
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investor
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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entirely
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coup
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averse
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rattled
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enraged
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anarchy
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pretext
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evading
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tolls
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adjourned
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