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Inside the house, Tina met Mary in the hall. Mary looked startled at seeingher.
“Tina! Have you come over from Redmyn?”
“Yes,” said Tina. “Didn’t you know I was coming?”
“I’d forgotten,” said Mary. “I believe Philip did mention it.”
She turned away.
“I’m going into the kitchen,” she said, “to see if the Ovaltine has come.
Philip likes it last thing at night. Kirsten is just taking him up some coffee.
He likes coffee better than tea. He says tea gives him indigestion.”
“Why do you treat him like an invalid¹, Mary?” said Tina. “He’s not reallyan invalid.”
There was a touch of cold anger in Mary’s eyes.
“When you’ve got a husband of your own, Tina,” she said, “you’ll knowbetter how husbands like to be treated.”
Tina said gently:
“I’m sorry.”
“If only we could get out of this house,” said Mary. “It’s so bad for Philipbeing here. And Hester’s coming back today,” she added.
“Hester?” Tina sounded surprised. “Is she? Why?”
“How should I know? She rang up last night and said so. I don’t knowwhat train she’s coming by. I suppose it’ll be the express, as usual.
Someone will have to go into Drymouth to meet her.”
Mary disappeared along the passage to the kitchen. Tina hesitated a mo-ment, then she walked up the stairs. On the landing the first door to theright opened and Hester came through it. She looked startled at seeingTina.
“Hester! I heard you were coming back but I’d no idea you’d arrived.”
“Dr. Calgary drove me down,” said Hester. “I came straight up to myroom—I don’t think anyone knows I’ve arrived.”
“Is Dr. Calgary here now?”
“No. He just dropped me and went on into Drymouth. He wanted to seesomeone there.”
“Mary didn’t know you’d arrived.”
“Mary never knows anything,” said Hester. “She and Philip isolate² them-selves from everything that goes on. I suppose Father and Gwenda are inthe library. Everything seems to be going on just the same as usual.”
“Why shouldn’t it?”
“I don’t really know,” said Hester vaguely3

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1 invalid
n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的
参考例句：
He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。 A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

2 isolate
vt.使孤立，隔离
参考例句：
Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。 We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

3 vaguely
adv.含糊地，暖昧地
参考例句：
He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。 He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面，对一切都视而不见。

4 suite
n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员
参考例句：
She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。 That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

5 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 gasp
n.喘息，气喘；v.喘息；气吁吁他说
参考例句：
She gave a gasp of surprise.她吃惊得大口喘气。 The enemy are at their last gasp.敌人在做垂死的挣扎。

7 skull
n.头骨；颅骨
参考例句：
The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。 He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

8 exclamations
n.呼喊( exclamation的名词复数 )；感叹；感叹语；感叹词
参考例句：
The visitors broke into exclamations of wonder when they saw the magnificent Great Wall. 看到雄伟的长城，游客们惊叹不已。 来自《简明英汉词典》 After the will has been read out, angry exclamations aroused. 遗嘱宣读完之后，激起一片愤怒的喊声。 来自辞典例句

9 catching
adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住
参考例句：
There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。 Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

10 crumpled
adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句：
She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. 她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。 She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk. 她在写字台上把皱巴巴的信展平。

11 spoke
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
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 coaxing
v.哄，用好话劝说( coax的现在分词 )；巧言骗取；哄劝，劝诱；“锻炼”效应
参考例句：
No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind. 任你费尽口舌也不会说服我改变主意。 It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed. 劝说了很久他才同意。 来自辞典例句

13 soothing
adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的
参考例句：
Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。 His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。

14 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

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