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THIRD BRANCH—THE BILL
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I had been snowed up a whole week. The time had hung so lightly on my hands, that I should have been in great doubt of the fact but for a piece of documentary evidence that lay upon my table.
The road had been dug out of the snow on the previous day, and the document in question was my bill. It testified emphatically to my having eaten and drunk, and warmed myself, and slept among the sheltering branches of the Holly-Tree, seven days and nights.
I had yesterday allowed the road twenty-four hours to improve itself, finding that I required that additional margin1 of time for the completion of my task. I had ordered my Bill to be upon the table, and a chaise to be at the door, “at eight o’clock to-morrow evening.” It was eight o’clock to-morrow evening when I buckled2 up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers. Of course, no time now remained for my travelling on to add a frozen tear to the icicles which were doubtless hanging plentifully3 about the farmhouse4 where I had first seen Angela. What I had to do was to get across to Liverpool by the shortest open road, there to meet my heavy baggage and embark5. It was quite enough to do, and I had not an hour too much time to do it in.
I had taken leave of all my Holly-Tree friends—almost, for the time being, of my bashfulness too—and was standing6 for half a minute at the Inn door watching the ostler as he took another turn at the cord which tied my portmanteau on the chaise, when I saw lamps coming down towards the Holly-Tree. The road was so padded with snow that no wheels were audible; but all of us who were standing at the Inn door saw lamps coming on, and at a lively rate too, between the walls of snow that had been heaped up on either side of the track. The chambermaid instantly divined how the case stood, and called to the ostler, “Tom, this is a Gretna job!” The ostler, knowing that her sex
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1 margin | |
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘 | |
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a. 有带扣的 | |
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adv. 许多地,丰饶地 | |
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n.农场住宅(尤指主要住房) | |
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vi.乘船,着手,从事,上飞机 | |
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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adj.有香味的;洒香水的;有气味的v.嗅到(scent的过去分词) | |
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v.大叫,大喊( bawl的现在分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物) | |
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n.骚动,动乱 | |
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n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红 | |
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overthrow的过去式 | |
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17 recoiling | |
v.畏缩( recoil的现在分词 );退缩;报应;返回 | |
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v.收集并(通常)贮藏(某物),取得,获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.祈求,恳求 | |
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v.憎恶;痛恨 | |
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21 secrecy | |
n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
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adv.可尊敬地,光荣地,体面地 | |
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v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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