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CHAPTER IV
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"Well, I must say," said Cicely Preston, emphasizing the usual feminine imperative1 for perfectly2 gratuitous3 statement, as she pushed back her chair from the commandant's breakfast table, "I MUST really say that I don't see anything particularly heroic in doing something wrong, lying about it just to get other folks into trouble, and then rushing off to do penance4 in a high wind and an open boat. But she's pretty, and wears a man's shirt and coat, and of course THAT settles anything. But why earrings5 and wet white stockings and slippers7? And why that Gothic arch of front and a boy's hat? That's what I simply ask;" and the youngest daughter of Colonel Preston rose from the table, shook out the skirt of her pretty morning dress, and, placing her little thumbs in the belt of her smart waist, paused witheringly for a reply.
"You are most unfair, my child," returned Colonel Preston gravely. "Her giving food and clothes to a deserter may have been only an ordinary instinct of humanity towards a fellow-creature who appeared to be suffering, to say nothing of M'Caffrey's plausible8 tongue. But her periling9 her life to save him from an unjust accusation10, and her desire to shield her brother's pride from ridicule11, is altogether praiseworthy and extraordinary. And the moral influence of her kindness was strong enough to make that scamp refuse to tell the plain truth that might implicate
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n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的 | |
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n.耳环( earring的名词复数 );耳坠子 | |
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adj.似真实的,似乎有理的,似乎可信的 | |
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accusation
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ridicule
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implicate
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enticing
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savage
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judgments
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n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷 | |
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retired
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crest
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rebellious
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haughty
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jersey
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concealed
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flannels
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法兰绒男裤; 法兰绒( flannel的名词复数 ) | |
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regularity
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helping
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demure
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caress
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hideous
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不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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triumphant
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effusive
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adj.热情洋溢的;感情(过多)流露的 | |
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diminutive
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adj.小巧可爱的,小的 | |
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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momentary
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obliviousness
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imperturbability
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tact
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simplicity
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n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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estuary
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tempestuous
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recital
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n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会 | |
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vying
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eulogy
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sneer
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salvation
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confession
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poker
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feud
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extravagant
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mediator
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disaffected
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embarrassment
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vocation
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vaguely
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mighty
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appalling
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discomfiture
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