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BOOK NINTH II
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He didn't go home, on leaving her—he didn't want to; he walked instead, through his narrow ways and his campi with gothic arches, to a small and comparatively sequestered1 café where he had already more than once found refreshment2 and comparative repose3, together with solutions that consisted mainly and pleasantly of further indecisions. It was a literal fact that those awaiting him there to-night, while he leaned back on his velvet4 bench with his head against a florid mirror and his eyes not looking further than the fumes5 of his tobacco, might have been regarded by him as a little less limp than usual. This wasn't because, before getting to his feet again, there was a step he had seen his way to; it was simply because the acceptance of his position took sharper effect from his sense of what he had just had to deal with. When half an hour before, at the palace, he had turned about to Milly on the question of the impossibility so inwardly felt, turned about on the spot and under her eyes, he had acted, by the sudden force of his seeing much further, seeing how little, how not at all, impossibilities mattered. It wasn't a case for pedantry6; when people were at her pass everything was allowed. And her pass was now, as by the sharp click of a spring, just completely his own—to the extent, as he felt, of her deep dependence7 on him. Anything he should do or shouldn't would have close reference to her life, which was thus absolutely in his hands—and ought never to have reference to anything else. It was on the cards for him that he might kill her—that was the way he read the cards as he sat in his customary corner. The fear in this thought made him let everything go, kept him there actually, all motionless, for three hours on end. He renewed his consumption and smoked more cigarettes than he had ever done in the time. What had come out for him had come out, with this first intensity
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1 sequestered | |
adj.扣押的;隐退的;幽静的;偏僻的v.使隔绝,使隔离( sequester的过去式和过去分词 );扣押 | |
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2 refreshment | |
n.恢复,精神爽快,提神之事物;(复数)refreshments:点心,茶点 | |
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3 repose | |
v.(使)休息;n.安息 | |
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4 velvet | |
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的 | |
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5 fumes | |
n.(强烈而刺激的)气味,气体 | |
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6 pedantry | |
n.迂腐,卖弄学问 | |
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7 dependence | |
n.依靠,依赖;信任,信赖;隶属 | |
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8 intensity | |
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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9 hush | |
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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10 catastrophe | |
n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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11 eventual | |
adj.最后的,结局的,最终的 | |
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12 luminously | |
发光的; 明亮的; 清楚的; 辉赫 | |
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13 budge | |
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14 vibration | |
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15 precariously | |
adv.不安全地;危险地;碰机会地;不稳定地 | |
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16 juncture | |
n.时刻,关键时刻,紧要关头 | |
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17 fully | |
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18 avert | |
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等) | |
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19 manoeuvre | |
n.策略,调动;v.用策略,调动 | |
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20 intercourse | |
n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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21 boon | |
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22 prerogative | |
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23 maidenly | |
adj. 像处女的, 谨慎的, 稳静的 | |
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24 possessed | |
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25 reminder | |
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示 | |
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26 impersonal | |
adj.无个人感情的,与个人无关的,非人称的 | |
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27 elastic | |
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28 compliance | |
n.顺从;服从;附和;屈从 | |
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29 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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30 precisely | |
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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31 gratitude | |
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32 decency | |
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33 invoked | |
v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 );行使(权利等);祈求救助;恳求 | |
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34 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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35 unity | |
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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36 unlimitedly | |
无限地,无例外地 | |
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37 undue | |
adj.过分的;不适当的;未到期的 | |
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38 watchful | |
adj.注意的,警惕的 | |
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39 conspicuously | |
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40 beget | |
v.引起;产生 | |
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41 mere | |
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42 propriety | |
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43 noted | |
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44 vacancy | |
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45 withdrawal | |
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销 | |
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46 ominous | |
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47 meditation | |
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录 | |
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48 intimacy | |
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49 essentially | |
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50 eyebrow | |
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51 ascent | |
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52 imputation | |
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53 ineffable | |
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54 devoted | |
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55 appendage | |
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56 impunity | |
n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除 | |
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57 interpretations | |
n.解释( interpretation的名词复数 );表演;演绎;理解 | |
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58 odious | |
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59 impersonality | |
n.无人情味 | |
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60 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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61 motive | |
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
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62 incorrigibly | |
adv.无法矫正地;屡教不改地;无可救药地;不能矫正地 | |
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63 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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64 Augmented | |
adj.增音的 动词augment的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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65 exalted | |
adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的 | |
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66 dismal | |
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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67 fatigued | |
adj. 疲乏的 | |
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68 profundity | |
n.渊博;深奥,深刻 | |
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69 attuned | |
v.使协调( attune的过去式和过去分词 );调音 | |
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70 rupture | |
n.破裂;(关系的)决裂;v.(使)破裂 | |
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71 lashing | |
n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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72 huddled | |
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73 stranded | |
a.搁浅的,进退两难的 | |
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74 cynical | |
adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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75 mutual | |
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的 | |
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76 impatience | |
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77 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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78 piazza | |
n.广场;走廊 | |
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79 arcade | |
n.拱廊;(一侧或两侧有商店的)通道 | |
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80 obliteration | |
n.涂去,删除;管腔闭合 | |
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81 margin | |
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘 | |
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82 greasy | |
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83 elegance | |
n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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84 profaned | |
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85 askew | |
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86 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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87 overflowed | |
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88 pretence | |
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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89 vice | |
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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90 spotted | |
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91 rococo | |
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92 determined | |
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93 riddle | |
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94 shuffling | |
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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95 scant | |
adj.不充分的,不足的;v.减缩,限制,忽略 | |
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96 inevitably | |
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97 luncheon | |
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98 thoroughly | |
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99 remarkably | |
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100 accrue | |
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101 dodged | |
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102 demonstration | |
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103 sinister | |
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104 brutal | |
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105 aggression | |
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106 positively | |
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107 honourable | |
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108 brute | |
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109 innocence | |
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110 extraordinarily | |
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111 scruple | |
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112 lapse | |
n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效 | |
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113 tinkles | |
丁当声,铃铃声( tinkle的名词复数 ); 一次电话 | |
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114 herd | |
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115 acrid | |
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116 ordeal | |
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验 | |
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117 purge | |
n.整肃,清除,泻药,净化;vt.净化,清除,摆脱;vi.清除,通便,腹泻,变得清洁 | |
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118 smack | |
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119 abject | |
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120 sordid | |
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121 recurred | |
再发生,复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 ); 治愈 | |
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122 budged | |
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123 unbearable | |
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124 virtue | |
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125 aloof | |
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126 incur | |
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127 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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128 muffled | |
adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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129 sufficiently | |
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130 breach | |
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131 delicacy | |
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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132 turbid | |
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133 gathering | |
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134 dreariness | |
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135 waterproof | |
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136 rosy | |
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