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CHAPTER III
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Very closely on the loss of my baby, of which I have spared you as much as possible, came crowding the opening movement of my artistic1 career. Within a month I was in a hospital in Chicago, recovering from the disastrous2 termination of another expectancy3 that had come, scarcely regarded in the obsession4 of anxiety and overwork during the last weeks of my boy's life, and had failed to sustain itself under the shock of his death. And after the hospital there was a month of convalescence5 at Pauline's. It was the first time I had seen her since her marriage.
I found her living in one of those curious, compressed city houses, one room wide and three deep, which, after the rambling6, scattered7 homes of Higgleston, induced a feeling of cramp8, until I discovered a kind of spaciousness9 in the life within. It was really very little else than relief from the accustomed inharmonies of rurality, a sort of scenic10 air and light that answered perfectly11 so long as you believed it real. Pauline's wall papers were soft, unpatterned, with wide borders; her windows were hung with plain scrim and the furniture coverings were in tone with the carpets. When ladies called in the afternoon, Pauline gave them tea which she made in a brass12 kettle over a spirit lamp. You can scarcely understand what that kettle stood for in my new estimate of the graciousness of living: a kind of sacred flame, round which gathered unimagined possibilities for the dramatization of that eager inward life which, now that the strictures of bodily pain were loosed, began to press toward expression. It rose
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artistic
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adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的 | |
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expectancy
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n.期望,预期,(根据概率统计求得)预期数额 | |
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n.困扰,无法摆脱的思想(或情感) | |
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convalescence
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n.病后康复期 | |
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rambling
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scattered
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spaciousness
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n.宽敞 | |
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scenic
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adj.自然景色的,景色优美的 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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insistently
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ad.坚持地 | |
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inaccessibility
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n. 难接近, 难达到, 难达成 | |
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eminent
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adj.显赫的,杰出的,有名的,优良的 | |
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pricked
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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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inexplicable
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adj.无法解释的,难理解的 | |
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heirship
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n.继承权 | |
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arrears
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n.到期未付之债,拖欠的款项;待做的工作 | |
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graceful
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adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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maternal
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adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的 | |
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submission
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n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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glimmered
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v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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realization
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n.实现;认识到,深刻了解 | |
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appreciable
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adj.明显的,可见的,可估量的,可觉察的 | |
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juncture
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n.时刻,关键时刻,紧要关头 | |
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memorable
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adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的 | |
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reluctance
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n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿 | |
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bereavement
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n.亲人丧亡,丧失亲人,丧亲之痛 | |
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constraint
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n.(on)约束,限制;限制(或约束)性的事物 | |
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qualms
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n.不安;内疚 | |
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proceeding
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n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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variance
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n.矛盾,不同 | |
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acting
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n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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initiated
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n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始,创始,启蒙,介绍加入 | |
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saturated
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a.饱和的,充满的 | |
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orations
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n.(正式仪式中的)演说,演讲( oration的名词复数 ) | |
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transpired
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(事实,秘密等)被人知道( transpire的过去式和过去分词 ); 泄露; 显露; 发生 | |
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habitually
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ad.习惯地,通常地 | |
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reliability
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n.可靠性,确实性 | |
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afterward
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adv.后来;以后 | |
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intimacy
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n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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connubial
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adj.婚姻的,夫妇的 | |
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blur
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n.模糊不清的事物;vt.使模糊,使看不清楚 | |
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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interval
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n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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exultation
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n.狂喜,得意 | |
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immediate
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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Vogue
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n.时髦,时尚;adj.流行的 | |
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arabesques
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n.阿拉伯式花饰( arabesque的名词复数 );错综图饰;阿拉伯图案;阿拉贝斯克芭蕾舞姿(独脚站立,手前伸,另一脚一手向后伸) | |
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hue
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n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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intervals
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n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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blues
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n.抑郁,沮丧;布鲁斯音乐 | |
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atrocity
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n.残暴,暴行 | |
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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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remitted
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v.免除(债务),宽恕( remit的过去式和过去分词 );使某事缓和;寄回,传送 | |
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crackers
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adj.精神错乱的,癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 );薄脆饼干;(认为)十分愉快的事;迷人的姑娘 | |
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taint
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n.污点;感染;腐坏;v.使感染;污染 | |
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ineptitude
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n.不适当;愚笨,愚昧的言行 | |
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entangling
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v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的现在分词 ) | |
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sustenance
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n.食物,粮食;生活资料;生计 | |
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harmonious
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adj.和睦的,调和的,和谐的,协调的 | |
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receded
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v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
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preposterously
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adv.反常地;荒谬地;荒谬可笑地;不合理地 | |
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likeness
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undertaking
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theatrical
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adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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theatricals
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n.(业余性的)戏剧演出,舞台表演艺术;职业演员;戏剧的( theatrical的名词复数 );剧场的;炫耀的;戏剧性的 | |
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melodrama
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n.音乐剧;情节剧 | |
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rehearsals
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n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 );排练;复述;重复 | |
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horrid
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adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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instinctive
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adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的 | |
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propriety
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n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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anguish
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n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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amateurish
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n.业余爱好的,不熟练的 | |
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aptitude
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n.(学习方面的)才能,资质,天资 | |
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touching
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melancholy
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unwilling
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