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CHAPTER III
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At a manor1 not far away there lived a queer and primitive2 couple who had lately been blessed with a son and heir. The christening took place during the week under notice, and this had been followed by a feast to the parishioners. Christine’s father, one of the same generation and kind, had been asked to drive over and assist in the entertainment, and Christine, as a matter of course, accompanied him.
When they reached Athelhall, as the house was called, they found the usually quiet nook a lively spectacle. Tables had been spread in the apartment which lent its name to the whole building—the hall proper—covered with a fine open-timbered roof, whose braces3, purlins, and rafters made a brown thicket4 of oak overhead. Here tenantry of all ages sat with their wives and families, and the servants were assisted in their ministrations by the sons and daughters of the owner’s friends and neighbours. Christine lent a hand among the rest.
She was holding a plate in each hand towards a huge brown platter of baked rice-pudding, from which a footman was scooping5 a large spoonful, when a voice reached her ear over her shoulder: ‘Allow me to hold them for you.’
Christine turned, and recognized in the speaker the nephew of the entertainer, a young man from London, whom she had already met on two or three occasions.
She accepted the proffered6 help, and from that moment, whenever he passed her in their marchings to and fro during the remainder of the serving, he smiled acquaintance. When their work was done, he improved the few words into a conversation. He plainly had been attracted by her fairness.
Bellston was a self-assured young man, not particularly good-looking, with more colour in his skin than even Nicholas had. He had flushed a little in attracting her notice, though the flush had nothing of nervousness in it—the air with which it was accompanied making it
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1 manor | |
n.庄园,领地 | |
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2 primitive | |
adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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3 braces | |
n.吊带,背带;托架( brace的名词复数 );箍子;括弧;(儿童)牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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4 thicket | |
n.灌木丛,树林 | |
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5 scooping | |
n.捞球v.抢先报道( scoop的现在分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等) | |
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6 proffered | |
v.提供,贡献,提出( proffer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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8 curiously | |
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9 banish | |
vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除 | |
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10 panes | |
窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 ) | |
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11 middle-aged | |
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12 essentially | |
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13 enacted | |
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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14 arenas | |
表演场地( arena的名词复数 ); 竞技场; 活动或斗争的场所或场面; 圆形运动场 | |
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15 harmonious | |
adj.和睦的,调和的,和谐的,协调的 | |
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16 meditate | |
v.想,考虑,(尤指宗教上的)沉思,冥想 | |
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17 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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18 vehemence | |
n.热切;激烈;愤怒 | |
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19 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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20 attuning | |
v.使协调( attune的现在分词 );调音 | |
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21 dwellers | |
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22 rustics | |
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23 proprietorship | |
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24 chrysanthemums | |
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25 buffer | |
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26 tinge | |
vt.(较淡)着色于,染色;使带有…气息;n.淡淡色彩,些微的气息 | |
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27 entreated | |
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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28 descended | |
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29 squire | |
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30 yew | |
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31 averse | |
adj.厌恶的;反对的,不乐意的 | |
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32 trepidation | |
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33 promptly | |
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34 celebrated | |
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35 steering | |
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36 maze | |
n.迷宫,八阵图,混乱,迷惑 | |
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37 contrived | |
adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的 | |
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38 gallantly | |
adv. 漂亮地,勇敢地,献殷勤地 | |
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39 delightful | |
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40 zest | |
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41 passionate | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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42 incipient | |
adj.起初的,发端的,初期的 | |
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43 gilding | |
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44 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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45 prudence | |
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46 pensive | |
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47 trudge | |
v.步履艰难地走;n.跋涉,费力艰难的步行 | |
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48 exertions | |
n.努力( exertion的名词复数 );费力;(能力、权力等的)运用;行使 | |
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49 specially | |
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50 thoroughly | |
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51 temperate | |
adj.温和的,温带的,自我克制的,不过分的 | |
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52 skittish | |
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53 firmament | |
n.苍穹;最高层 | |
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54 improvidently | |
adv.improvident(目光短浅的)的变形 | |
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55 immediate | |
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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56 frigidity | |
n.寒冷;冷淡;索然无味;(尤指妇女的)性感缺失 | |
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