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TONY KYTES, THE ARCH-DECEIVER
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‘I shall never forget Tony’s face. ’Twas a little, round, firm, tight face, with a seam here and there left by the smallpox1, but not enough to hurt his looks in a woman’s eye, though he’d had it badish when he was a boy. So very serious looking and unsmiling ’a was, that young man, that it really seemed as if he couldn’t laugh at all without great pain to his conscience. He looked very hard at a small speck2 in your eye when talking to ’ee. And there was no more sign of a whisker or beard on Tony Kytes’s face than on the palm of my hand. He used to sing “The Tailor’s Breeches” with a religious manner, as if it were a hymn:—
‘“O the petticoats went off, and the breeches they went on!”
and all the rest of the scandalous stuff. He was quite the women’s favourite, and in return for their likings he loved ’em in shoals.
‘But in course of time Tony got fixed3 down to one in particular, Milly Richards, a nice, light, small, tender little thing; and it was soon said that they were engaged to be married. One Saturday he had been to market to do business for his father, and was driving home the waggon4 in the afternoon. When he reached the foot of the very hill we shall be going over in ten minutes who should he see waiting for him at the top but Unity5 Sallet, a handsome girl, one of the young women he’d been very tender toward before he’d got engaged to Milly.
‘As soon as Tony came up to her she said, “My dear Tony, will you give me a lift home?”
‘“That I will, darling,” said Tony. “You don’t suppose I could refuse ’ee?”
‘“Tony,” she says, in a sort of tender
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1 smallpox | |
n.天花 | |
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2 speck | |
n.微粒,小污点,小斑点 | |
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3 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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4 waggon | |
n.运货马车,运货车;敞篷车箱 | |
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5 unity | |
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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6 hopped | |
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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7 chide | |
v.叱责;谴责 | |
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8 mightily | |
ad.强烈地;非常地 | |
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9 tarpaulin | |
n.涂油防水布,防水衣,防水帽 | |
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10 pout | |
v.撅嘴;绷脸;n.撅嘴;生气,不高兴 | |
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11 accost | |
v.向人搭话,打招呼 | |
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12 crouched | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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13 snug | |
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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14 bonnet | |
n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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15 reined | |
勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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16 touching | |
adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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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 hoarseness | |
n.嘶哑, 刺耳 | |
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19 squeak | |
n.吱吱声,逃脱;v.(发出)吱吱叫,侥幸通过;(俚)告密 | |
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20 delightful | |
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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21 afterward | |
adv.后来;以后 | |
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22 soothing | |
adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的 | |
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23 ticklish | |
adj.怕痒的;问题棘手的;adv.怕痒地;n.怕痒,小心处理 | |
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24 reins | |
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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25 pointed | |
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26 tugging | |
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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28 determined | |
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29 behold | |
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30 promising | |
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31 mere | |
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32 tugged | |
v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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33 horrified | |
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34 maidens | |
处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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37 virtue | |
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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38 flaring | |
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39 jaw | |
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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40 gasped | |
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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41 sobbing | |
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42 watery | |
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43 ordained | |
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