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CHAPTER V
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"I'll give up the house if they'll let me take what I require!" That, on the morrow, was what Mrs. Gereth's stifled1 night had qualified2 her to say, with a tragic3 face, at breakfast. Fleda reflected that what she "required" was simply every object that surrounded them. The poor woman would have admitted this truth and accepted the conclusion to be drawn4 from it, the reduction to the absurd of her attitude, the exaltation of her revolt. The girl's dread5 of a scandal, of spectators and critics, diminished the more she saw how little vulgar avidity had to do with this rigor6. It was not the crude love of possession; it was the need to be faithful to a trust and loyal to an idea. The idea was surely noble: it was that of the beauty Mrs. Gereth had so patiently and consummately7 wrought8. Pale but radiant, with her back to the wall, she rose there like a heroine guarding a treasure. To give up the ship was to flinch9 from her duty; there was something in her eyes that declared she would die at her post. If their difference should become public the shame would be all for the others. If Waterbath thought it could afford to expose itself, then Waterbath was welcome to the folly10. Her fanaticism11 gave her a new distinction, and Fleda perceived almost with awe12 that she had never carried herself so well. She trod the place like a
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ornament
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doom
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abasement
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demonstration
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effacement
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complexion
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concession
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hypocrisy
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sardonic
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peculiar
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cynical
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unity
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proceedings
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n.(工资以外的)财务补贴( perquisite的名词复数 );额外收入;(随职位而得到的)好处;利益 | |
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offenses
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adversary
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perfectly
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vividly
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apprehended
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逮捕,拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 ); 理解 | |
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touching
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offhand
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annoyance
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intensity
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propriety
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hatred
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parlor
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averted
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ornaments
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pretensions
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hideous
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