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Chapter Eight
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The chateau1, a modern building in Italian style, with two projecting wings and three flights of steps, lay at the foot of an immense green-sward, on which some cows were grazing among groups of large trees set out at regular intervals2, while large beds of arbutus, rhododendron, syringas, and guelder roses bulged3 out their irregular clusters of green along the curve of the gravel4 path. A river flowed under a bridge; through the mist one could distinguish buildings with thatched roofs scattered5 over the field bordered by two gently sloping, well timbered hillocks, and in the background amid the trees rose in two parallel lines the coach houses and stables, all that was left of the ruined old chateau.
Charles’s dog-cart pulled up before the middle flight of steps; servants appeared; the Marquis came forward, and, offering his arm to the doctor’s wife, conducted her to the vestibule.
It was paved with marble slabs6, was very lofty, and the sound of footsteps and that of voices re-echoed through it as in a church.
Opposite rose a straight staircase, and on the left a gallery overlooking the garden led to the billiard room, through whose door one could hear the click of the ivory balls. As she crossed it to go to the drawing room, Emma saw standing7 round the table men with grave faces, their chins resting on high cravats9. They all wore orders, and smiled silently as they made their strokes.
On the dark wainscoting of the walls large gold frames bore at the bottom names written in black letters. She read: “Jean-Antoine d’Andervilliers d’Yvervonbille, Count de la Vaubyessard and Baron10 de la Fresnay, killed at the battle of Coutras on the 20th of October, 1857.” And on another: “Jean-Antoine-Henry-Guy d’Andervilliers de la Vaubyessard, Admiral of France and Chevalier of the Order of St. Michael, wounded at the battle of the Hougue-Saint-Vaast on the 29th of May, 1692; died at Vaubyessard on the 23rd of January 1693.” One could hardly make out those that followed, for the light of the lamps lowered over the green cloth threw a dim shadow round the room.
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n.城堡,别墅 | |
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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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burnishing
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varnish
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lighter
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linen
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bouquet
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lobsters
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龙虾( lobster的名词复数 ); 龙虾肉 | |
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鹌鹑( quail的名词复数 ); 鹌鹑肉 | |
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steward
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porcelain
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copper
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gravy
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n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快 | |
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debauch
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champagne
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n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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debut
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belly
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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dressing
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lustre
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adj.响亮的,回响的;adv.圆润低沉地;感人地;n.感人,堂皇 | |
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增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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doorways
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distinguished
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complexion
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veneer
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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nurture
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peculiar
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brutality
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luncheon
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ornamental
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curbs
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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