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CHAPTER 28—Inconsistencies
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The dinner had been unusually long and the summer evening warm. During the wait before the dancing began I must have dropped asleep in the dark corner of the piazza1 where I had installed myself, to smoke my cigar, away from the other men and their tiresome2 chatter3 of golf and racing4. Through the open window groups of women could be seen in the ball-room, and the murmur5 of their conversation floated out, mingling6 with the laughter of the men.
Suddenly, in that casual way peculiar7 to dreams, I found myself conversing8 with a solemn young Turk, standing9 in all the splendor10 of fez and stambouline beside my chair.
“Pardon, Effendi,” he was murmuring. “Is this an American ball? I was asked at nine o’clock; it is now past eleven. Is there not some mistake?”
“None,” I answered. “When a hostess puts nine o’clock on her card of invitation she expects her guests at eleven or half-past, and would be much embarrassed to be taken literally11.”
As we were speaking, our host rose. The men, reluctantly throwing away their cigars, began to enter the ball-room through the open windows. On their approach the groups of women broke up, the men joining the girls where they sat, or
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piazza
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vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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racing
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n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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murmur
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n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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mingling
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peculiar
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conversing
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standing
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splendor
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n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌 | |
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literally
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inviting
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retired
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eyelids
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pointed
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virtuous
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passionate
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unison
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n.步调一致,行动一致 | |
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astonishment
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perfectly
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infinitely
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v.放逐( ostracize的过去式和过去分词 );流放;摈弃;排斥 | |
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obtuseness
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v.调情,挑逗,调戏;n.调情者,卖俏者 | |
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labor
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costly
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collapsed
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fatigue
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n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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distinguished
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impecunious
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admiration
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gatherings
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聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集 | |
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bonnet
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n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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attire
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interfere
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v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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apparently
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fabulous
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solely
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n.端点( extremity的名词复数 );尽头;手和足;极窘迫的境地 | |
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acme
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agitated
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adj.被鼓动的,不安的 | |
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saluting
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v.欢迎,致敬( salute的现在分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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consistency
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n.一贯性,前后一致,稳定性;(液体的)浓度 | |
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salaam
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