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Chapter 28 SALOME
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Lady Queenie arrived in haste, as though relentless1 time had pursued her up the stairs.
"Why, you're in the dark here!" she exclaimed impatiently, and impatiently switched on several lights. "Sorry I'm late, G.J.," she said perfunctorily, without taking any trouble to put conviction into her voice. "How have you two been getting on?"
Then, towards the door:
"Come in, come in, Dialin."
A young soldier with the stripe of a lance-corporal entered, slightly nervous and slightly defiant4.
"And you, Miss I-forget-your-name."
A young woman entered; she had very red lips and very high heels, and was both more nervous and more defiant than the young soldier.
"This is Mr. Dialin, you know, Con2, second ballet-master at the Ottoman. I met him by sheer marvellous chance. He's only got ten minutes; he hasn't really got that; but he's going to see me do my Salome dance."
Lady Queenie made no attempt to introduce Miss I-forget-your-name, who of her own accord took a chair with a curious, dashed effrontery5. It appeared that she was attached to Mr. Dialin. Lady Queenie cast off rapidly gloves, hat and coat, and then, having rushed to the bell and rung it fiercely several times, came back to the chaise-longue and gazed at it and at the surrounding floor.
"Would you mind, Con?"
Concepcion rose. Lady Queenie, rushing off again, pushed several more switches, and from a thick cluster of bulbs in front of a large mirror at the end of the room there fell dazzling sheets of light. A footman presented himself.
"Push the day-bed right away towards the window," she commanded.
The footman inclined and obeyed, and the lance-corporal superiorly helped him. Then the footman was told to energise the gramophone, which in its
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relentless
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defiant
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pageant
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patronage
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bracelets
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sketching
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intervals
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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temperament
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naught
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brazen
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pretentious
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mincing
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adj.矫饰的;v.切碎;切碎 | |
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helping
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lithe
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posturing
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chromatic
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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twitched
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machinery
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lessen
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climax
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capering
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fang
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slanting
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agitation
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soothed
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robin
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utterly
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exhausted
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subscriptions
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rehearsal
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n.排练,排演;练习 | |
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wasteful
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inquisitive
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adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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besieged
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包围,围困,围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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disquieting
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adj.令人不安的,令人不平静的v.使不安,使忧虑,使烦恼( disquiet的现在分词 ) | |
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chancellor
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exchequer
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n.财政部;国库 | |
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theatrical
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adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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mere
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deity
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deities
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futile
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steadfast
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adj.固定的,不变的,不动摇的;忠实的;坚贞不移的 | |
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patriotism
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n.爱国精神,爱国心,爱国主义 | |
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descried
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adj.被注意到的,被发现的,被看到的 | |
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ordeal
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condescended
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屈尊,俯就( condescend的过去式和过去分词 ); 故意表示和蔼可亲 | |
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possessed
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breakdown
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acting
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sardonic
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instinctively
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constable
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grotesque
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standing
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vacancy
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dignified
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nay
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idiocy
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grandeur
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fortitude
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lieutenant
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apprehensiveness
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judgment
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auction
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