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THE SON’S VETO CHAPTER I
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To the eyes of a man viewing it from behind, the nut-brown hair was a wonder and a mystery. Under the black beaver1 hat, surmounted2 by its tuft of black feathers, the long locks, braided and twisted and coiled like the rushes of a basket, composed a rare, if somewhat barbaric, example of ingenious art. One could understand such weavings and coilings being wrought3 to last intact for a year, or even a calendar month; but that they should be all demolished4 regularly at bedtime, after a single day of permanence, seemed a reckless waste of successful fabrication.
And she had done it all herself, poor thing. She had no maid, and it was almost the only accomplishment5 she could boast of. Hence the unstinted pains.
She was a young invalid6 lady—not so very much of an invalid—sitting in a wheeled chair, which had been pulled up in the front part of a green enclosure, close to a bandstand, where a concert was going on, during a warm June afternoon. It had place in one of the minor7 parks or private gardens that are to be found in the suburbs of London, and was the effort of a local association to raise money for some charity. There are worlds within worlds in the great city, and though nobody outside the immediate8 district had ever heard of the charity, or the band, or the garden, the enclosure was filled with an interested audience sufficiently9 informed on all these.
As the strains proceeded many of the listeners observed the chaired lady, whose back hair, by reason of her prominent position, so challenged
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1 beaver | |
n.海狸,河狸 | |
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2 surmounted | |
战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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3 wrought | |
v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的 | |
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v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光 | |
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5 accomplishment | |
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能 | |
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n.病人,伤残人;adj.有病的,伤残的;无效的 | |
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adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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10 inspection | |
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11 recital | |
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13 obstruction | |
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abbr.off-reservation boarding school 在校寄宿学校n.球,天体,圆形物( orb的名词复数 ) | |
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15 plaintive | |
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16 inquiries | |
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17 incumbent | |
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18 lame | |
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19 conversing | |
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20 retaliate | |
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21 concealed | |
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22 onward | |
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23 westward | |
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24 standing | |
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25 philosophic | |
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26 engendered | |
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27 widower | |
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30 withdrawal | |
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31 undone | |
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32 decided | |
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33 forestalled | |
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34 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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35 bustle | |
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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36 veneration | |
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37 assented | |
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38 perfectly | |
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39 thither | |
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40 shrubs | |
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41 peal | |
n.钟声;v.鸣响 | |
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42 aptitude | |
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43 refinements | |
n.(生活)风雅;精炼( refinement的名词复数 );改良品;细微的改良;优雅或高贵的动作 | |
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44 beget | |
v.引起;产生 | |
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45 waned | |
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46 regained | |
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