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After Mrs. Tully’s departure, Paula, true to her threat, filled the house with guests. She seemed to have remembered all who had been waiting an invitation, and the limousine1 that met the trains eight miles away was rarely empty coming or going. There were more singers and musicians and artist folk, and bevies2 of young girls with their inevitable3 followings of young men, while mammas and aunts and chaperons seemed to clutter4 all the ways of the Big House and to fill a couple of motor cars when picnics took place.
And Graham wondered if this surrounding of herself by many people was not deliberate on Paula’s part. As for himself, he definitely abandoned work on his book, and joined in the before-breakfast swims of the hardier5 younger folk, in the morning rides over the ranch6, and in whatever fun was afoot indoors and out.
Late hours and early were kept; and one night, Dick, who adhered to his routine and never appeared to his guests before midday, made a night of it at poker7 in the stag-room. Graham had sat in, and felt well repaid when, at dawn, the players received an unexpected visit from Paula—herself past one of her white nights, she said, although no sign of it showed on her fresh skin and color. Graham had to struggle to keep his eyes from straying too frequently to her as she mixed golden fizzes to rejuvenate8 the wan-eyed, jaded9 players. Then she made them start the round of “jacks” that closed the game, and sent them off for a cold swim before breakfast and the day’s work or frolic.
Never was Paula alone. Graham could only join in the groups that were always about her. Although the young people
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friction
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rhythmical
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locomotion
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sloop
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auxiliary
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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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casually
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dealers
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lameness
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labor
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stationery
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v.扣除,减去( deduct的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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superintendent
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n.监督人,主管,总监;(英国)警务长 | |
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undertakings
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企业( undertaking的名词复数 ); 保证; 殡仪业; 任务 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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microscopic
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adj.微小的,细微的,极小的,显微的 | |
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flare
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n.先见之明,深谋远虑 | |
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athletics
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mediocre
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generalization
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desperately
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parlous
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investors
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evoked
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weird
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discreetly
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scrapping
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刮,切除坯体余泥 | |
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abruptness
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tangible
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fawn
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clattered
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发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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