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CHAPTER VII
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Joan was making herself a cup of tea when there came a tap at the door. It was Mrs. Phillips.
“I heard you come in,” she said. “You’re not busy, are you?”
“No,” answered Joan. “I hope you’re not. I’m generally in about this time; and it’s always nice to gossip over a dish of tea.”
“Why do you say ‘dish’ of tea!” asked Mrs. Phillips, as she lowered herself with evident satisfaction into the easy chair Joan placed for her.
“Oh, I don’t know,” laughed Joan. “Dr. Johnson always talked of a ‘dish’ of tea. Gives it a literary flavour.”
“I’ve heard of him,” said Mrs. Phillips. “He’s worth reading, isn’t he?”
“Well, he talked more amusingly than he wrote,” explained Joan. “Get Boswell’s Life of him. Or I’ll lend you mine,” she added, “if you’ll be careful of it. You’ll find all the passages marked that are best worth remembering. At least, I think so.”
“Thanks,” said Mrs. Phillips. “You see, as the wife of a public man, I get so little time for study.”
“Is it settled yet?” asked Joan. “Are they going to make room for him in the Cabinet?
“I’m afraid so,” answered Mrs. Phillips. “Oh, of course, I want him to,” she corrected herself. “And he must, of course, if the King insists upon it. But I wish it hadn’t all come with such a whirl. What shall I have to do, do you think?”
Joan was pouring out the tea. “Oh, nothing,” she answered, “but just be agreeable to the right people. He’ll tell you who they are. And take care of him.”
“I wish I’d taken more interest in politics when I was young,” said Mrs. Phillips. “Of course, when I was a girl, women weren’t supposed to.”
“Do you know, I shouldn’t worry about them, if I were you,” Joan advised her. “Let him forget them when he’s with you. A man can have too much of a good thing,” she laughed.
“I wonder if you’re right,” mused1 Mrs. Phillips. “He does often say that he’d just as soon I didn’t talk about them.”
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v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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anecdotes
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champagne
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legitimate
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partnership
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prospectus
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derived
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unreasonable
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jug
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n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂 | |
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dame
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moor
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adjourning
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(使)休会, (使)休庭( adjourn的现在分词 ) | |
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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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inscription
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n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文 | |
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convoy
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steamships
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muddle
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larder
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chancellors
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opposition
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hampering
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