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CHAPTER XV
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Life at the office went on much the way it had always gone. Never, by word or look, did they acknowledge that the situation was in any wise different from what it had always been. Each Sunday saw the arrangement made for the following Sunday's ride; nor was this ever referred to in the office. Daylight was fastidiously chivalrous1 on this point. He did not want to lose her from the office. The sight of her at her work was to him an undiminishing joy. Nor did he abuse this by lingering over dictation or by devising extra work that would detain her longer before his eyes. But over and beyond such sheer selfishness of conduct was his love of fair play. He scorned to utilize2 the accidental advantages of the situation. Somewhere within him was a higher appeasement3 of love than mere4 possession. He wanted to be loved for himself, with a fair field for both sides.
On the other hand, had he been the most artful of schemers he could not have pursued a wiser policy. Bird-like in her love of individual freedom, the last woman in the world to be bullied5 in her affections, she keenly appreciated the niceness of his attitude. She did this consciously, but deeper than all consciousness, and intangible as gossamer6, were the effects of this. All unrealizable, save for some supreme7 moment, did the web of Daylight's personality creep out and around her. Filament8 by filament, these secret and undreamable bonds were being established. They it was that could have given the cue to her saying yes when she had meant to say no. And in some such fashion, in some future crisis of greater moment, might she not, in violation9 of all
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chivalrous
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adj.武士精神的;对女人彬彬有礼的 | |
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filament
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violation
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judgment
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intimacy
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lessening
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cocktail
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cocktails
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unnatural
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gambling
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intonations
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scotch
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soda
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n.苏打水;汽水 | |
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furtive
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adj.鬼鬼崇崇的,偷偷摸摸的 | |
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brazenly
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adv.厚颜无耻地;厚脸皮地肆无忌惮地 | |
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halfway
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chestnut
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n.栗树,栗子 | |
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amplified
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ranch
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n.大牧场,大农场 | |
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lure
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spoke
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gathering
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possessed
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obtruded
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intercourse
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flora
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shrubs
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stoutly
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tawny
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shaft
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n.(工具的)柄,杆状物 | |
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provocative
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adj.挑衅的,煽动的,刺激的,挑逗的 | |
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brute
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n.野兽,兽性 | |
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appreciation
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n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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ecstasy
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n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷 | |
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serried
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creases
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(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的第三人称单数 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹 | |
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appraisal
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n.对…作出的评价;评价,鉴定,评估 | |
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haughty
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adj.傲慢的,高傲的 | |
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giggling
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v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 ) | |
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simplicity
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n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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wholesomeness
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ardently
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caresses
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爱抚,抚摸( caress的名词复数 ) | |
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flaring
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a.火焰摇曳的,过份艳丽的 | |
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conflagration
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provocation
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almighty
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chirp
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ardor
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profligacy
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maiden
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quotation
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automobile
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automobiles
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curry
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