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Phyllis thanked him for his beautiful gift; but the talking was soon entirely1 on Humphrey’s side as they walked along. He told her of the latest movements of the world of fashion—a subject which she willingly discussed to the exclusion2 of anything more personal—and his measured language helped to still her disquieted3 heart and brain. Had not her own sadness been what it was she must have observed his embarrassment4. At last he abruptly5 changed the subject.
‘I am glad you are pleased with my little present,’ he said. ‘The truth is that I brought it to propitiate6 ’ee, and to get you to help me out of a mighty7 difficulty.’
It was inconceivable to Phyllis that this independent bachelor—whom she admired in some respects—could have a difficulty.
‘Phyllis—I’ll tell you my secret at once; for I have a monstrous8 secret to confide9 before I can ask your counsel. The case is, then, that I am married: yes, I have privately10 married a dear young belle11; and if you knew her, and I hope you will, you would say everything in her praise. But she is not quite the one that my father would have chose for me—you know the paternal
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1 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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v.使不安,使忧虑,使烦恼( disquiet的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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6 propitiate | |
v.慰解,劝解 | |
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7 mighty | |
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9 confide | |
v.向某人吐露秘密 | |
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10 privately | |
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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11 belle | |
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12 paternal | |
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13 estrangement | |
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14 confided | |
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15 solitary | |
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16 drooped | |
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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19 snails | |
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21 trysts | |
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22 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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23 beheld | |
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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24 awed | |
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25 perplexed | |
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26 rigid | |
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27 regiments | |
(军队的)团( regiment的名词复数 ); 大量的人或物 | |
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28 regiment | |
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29 drawn | |
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30 coffins | |
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31 coffin | |
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32 rustics | |
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33 condemned | |
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34 blindfolded | |
v.(尤指用布)挡住(某人)的视线( blindfold的过去式 );蒙住(某人)的眼睛;使不理解;蒙骗 | |
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35 backwards | |
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36 resounded | |
v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音 | |
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37 shriek | |
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38 grove | |
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39 corpses | |
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40 coffined | |
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41 transpired | |
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42 steered | |
v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 );操纵;控制;引导 | |
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43 jersey | |
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44 interceded | |
v.斡旋,调解( intercede的过去式和过去分词 );说情 | |
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45 commuted | |
通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 ); 减(刑); 代偿 | |
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46 ramble | |
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47 aged | |
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48 pointed | |
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49 mounds | |
土堆,土丘( mound的名词复数 ); 一大堆 | |
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51 recollect | |
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