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BOOK SEVENTH IV
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She couldn't have said what it was, in the conditions, that renewed the whole solemnity, but by the end of twenty minutes a kind of wistful hush1 had fallen upon them, as before something poignant2 in which her visitor also participated. That was nothing verily but the perfection of the charm—or nothing rather but their excluded disinherited state in the presence of it. The charm turned on them a face that was cold in its beauty, that was full of a poetry never to be theirs, that spoke3 with an ironic4 smile of a possible but forbidden life. It all rolled afresh over Milly: "Oh the impossible romance—!" The romance for her, yet once more, would be to sit there for ever, through all her time, as in a fortress5; and the idea became an image of never going down, of remaining aloft in the divine dustless air, where she would hear but the plash of the water against stone. The great floor on which they moved was at an altitude, and this prompted the rueful fancy. "Ah not to go down—never, never to go down!" she strangely sighed to her friend.
"But why shouldn't you," he asked, "with that tremendous old staircase in your court? There ought of course always to be people at top and bottom, in Veronese costumes, to watch you do it."
She shook her head both lightly and mournfully enough at his not understanding. "Not even for people in Veronese costumes. I mean that the positive beauty is that one needn't go down. I don't move in fact," she added—"now. I've not been out, you know. I stay up. That's how you happily found me."
Lord Mark wondered—he was, oh yes, adequately human. "You don't go about?"
She looked over the place, the storey above the apartments in which she had received him, the sala corresponding to the sala below and fronting the great canal with its gothic arches. The casements8 between the arches were open, the ledge
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1 hush | |
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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2 poignant | |
adj.令人痛苦的,辛酸的,惨痛的 | |
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3 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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4 ironic | |
adj.讽刺的,有讽刺意味的,出乎意料的 | |
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5 fortress | |
n.堡垒,防御工事 | |
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6 fully | |
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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7 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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8 casements | |
n.窗扉( casement的名词复数 ) | |
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9 ledge | |
n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁 | |
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10 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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11 overflow | |
v.(使)外溢,(使)溢出;溢出,流出,漫出 | |
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12 determined | |
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13 throbbed | |
抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动 | |
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14 precisely | |
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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15 ravage | |
vt.使...荒废,破坏...;n.破坏,掠夺,荒废 | |
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16 prospective | |
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17 eventual | |
adj.最后的,结局的,最终的 | |
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18 esteemed | |
adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 );敬重;认为;以为 | |
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19 ignoble | |
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20 imputing | |
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21 motive | |
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
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22 briefly | |
adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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23 perceptively | |
adv.洞察力强地,敏锐地 | |
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24 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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25 blighted | |
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26 wince | |
n.畏缩,退避,(因痛苦,苦恼等)面部肌肉抽动;v.畏缩,退缩,退避 | |
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27 appreciative | |
adj.有鉴赏力的,有眼力的;感激的 | |
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28 positively | |
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29 enquired | |
打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 ); 询问; 问问题; 查问 | |
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30 bristles | |
短而硬的毛发,刷子毛( bristle的名词复数 ) | |
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31 gilded | |
a.镀金的,富有的 | |
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32 wizened | |
adj.凋谢的;枯槁的 | |
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33 rattling | |
adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词 | |
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34 kernel | |
n.(果实的)核,仁;(问题)的中心,核心 | |
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35 symbolic | |
adj.象征性的,符号的,象征主义的 | |
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36 promptly | |
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37 Amended | |
adj. 修正的 动词amend的过去式和过去分词 | |
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38 alluded | |
提及,暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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39 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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40 heed | |
v.注意,留意;n.注意,留心 | |
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41 monstrous | |
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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42 winced | |
赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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43 vivacity | |
n.快活,活泼,精神充沛 | |
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44 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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45 rococo | |
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46 elegance | |
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47 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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48 intonation | |
n.语调,声调;发声 | |
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49 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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50 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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51 favourably | |
adv. 善意地,赞成地 =favorably | |
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52 affected | |
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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53 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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54 deficient | |
adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的 | |
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55 persuasion | |
n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派 | |
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56 thereby | |
adv.因此,从而 | |
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57 sinister | |
adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的 | |
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58 gathering | |
n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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59 dooms | |
v.注定( doom的第三人称单数 );判定;使…的失败(或灭亡、毁灭、坏结局)成为必然;宣判 | |
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60 intensity | |
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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61 disposition | |
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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62 propriety | |
n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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63 dressing | |
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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64 halfway | |
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途 | |
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65 conspicuously | |
ad.明显地,惹人注目地 | |
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66 touching | |
adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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67 perch | |
n.栖木,高位,杆;v.栖息,就位,位于 | |
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68 allusion | |
n.暗示,间接提示 | |
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69 grievance | |
n.怨愤,气恼,委屈 | |
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70 exquisitely | |
adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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71 indifference | |
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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72 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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73 ardent | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的 | |
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74 torment | |
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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75 juncture | |
n.时刻,关键时刻,紧要关头 | |
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76 emphatic | |
adj.强调的,着重的;无可置疑的,明显的 | |
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77 apparently | |
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78 coercion | |
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79 attestation | |
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80 simplicity | |
n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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81 watchful | |
adj.注意的,警惕的 | |
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82 budged | |
v.(使)稍微移动( budge的过去式和过去分词 );(使)改变主意,(使)让步 | |
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83 possessed | |
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84 humble | |
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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85 imputed | |
v.把(错误等)归咎于( impute的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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86 tremor | |
n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震 | |
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87 prying | |
adj.爱打听的v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的现在分词 );撬开 | |
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88 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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89 hindrance | |
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90 disparage | |
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91 veracity | |
n.诚实 | |
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92 gracefully | |
ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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93 aspersed | |
v.毁坏(名誉),中伤,诽谤( asperse的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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94 aspersion | |
n.诽谤,中伤 | |
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95 infinitely | |
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96 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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97 decorative | |
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98 starched | |
adj.浆硬的,硬挺的,拘泥刻板的v.把(衣服、床单等)浆一浆( starch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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99 seaman | |
n.海员,水手,水兵 | |
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100 obsequiously | |
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101 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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102 precarious | |
adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的 | |
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103 dealing | |
n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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104 conceal | |
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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105 disappearance | |
n.消失,消散,失踪 | |
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