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Returning from her appointment Lucetta saw a man waiting by the lamp nearest to her own door. When she stopped to go in he came and spoke1 to her. It was Jopp.
He begged her pardon for addressing her. But he had heard that Mr. Farfrae had been applied2 to by a neighbouring cornmerchant to recommend a working partner; if so he wished to offer himself. He could give good security, and had stated as much to Mr. Farfrae in a letter; but he would feel much obliged if Lucetta would say a word in his favour to her husband.
"It is a thing I know nothing about," said Lucetta coldly.
"But you can testify to my trustworthiness better than anybody, ma'am," said Jopp. "I was in Jersey3 several years, and knew you there by sight."
"Indeed," she replied. "But I knew nothing of you."
"I think, ma'am, that a word or two from you would secure for me what I covet4 very much," he persisted.
She steadily5 refused to have anything to do with the affair, and cutting him short, because of her anxiety to get indoors before her husband should miss her, left him on the pavement.
He watched her till she had vanished, and then went home. When he got there he sat down in the fireless chimney corner looking at the iron dogs, and the wood laid across them for heating the morning kettle. A movement upstairs disturbed him, and Henchard came down from his bedroom, where he seemed to have been rummaging6 boxes.
"I wish," said Henchard, "you would do me a service, Jopp, now--to-night, I mean, if you can. Leave this at Mrs. Farfrae's for her. I should take it myself, of course, but I don't wish to be seen there."
He handed a package in brown paper, sealed. Henchard had been as good as his word. Immediately on coming indoors he had searched over his few belongings8, and every
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1 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 | |
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3 jersey | |
n.运动衫 | |
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4 covet | |
vt.垂涎;贪图(尤指属于他人的东西) | |
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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翻找,搜寻( rummage的现在分词 ); 海关检查 | |
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7 vice | |
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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8 belongings | |
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11 lodger | |
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15 haughtiness | |
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16 affixed | |
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17 tyro | |
n.初学者;生手 | |
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18 softening | |
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19 beheld | |
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20 nance | |
n.娘娘腔的男人,男同性恋者 | |
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21 fiddle | |
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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22 tambourine | |
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23 decided | |
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24 picturesque | |
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25 distress | |
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26 brawling | |
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27 rebellious | |
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28 thicket | |
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29 misty | |
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30 baneful | |
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31 crooked | |
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32 slaughter | |
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33 alley | |
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34 ERECTED | |
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35 mildewed | |
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36 moor | |
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37 mansions | |
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38 brook | |
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39 tenements | |
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40 plank | |
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41 manors | |
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42 magistrates | |
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43 peculiar | |
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44 intermittent | |
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45 rumbling | |
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46 premises | |
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47 apron | |
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48 aprons | |
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49 dingy | |
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50 doorways | |
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51 belied | |
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52 postures | |
姿势( posture的名词复数 ); 看法; 态度; 立场 | |
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53 knuckles | |
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝 | |
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54 hips | |
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的 | |
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55 alacrity | |
n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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56 needy | |
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57 abode | |
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58 virtuous | |
adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的 | |
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59 mariners | |
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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60 mere | |
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61 slit | |
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62 disappearance | |
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63 adroit | |
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64 tavern | |
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店 | |
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65 crest | |
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66 landlady | |
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67 gaol | |
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68 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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69 constable | |
n.(英国)警察,警官 | |
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70 apprehended | |
逮捕,拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 ); 理解 | |
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71 winked | |
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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72 twine | |
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73 boisterous | |
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74 squire | |
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75 squires | |
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76 persecuted | |
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77 lapse | |
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78 trout | |
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79 ashore | |
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80 ruffle | |
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81 deposed | |
v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 );(在法庭上)宣誓作证 | |
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82 gad | |
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83 screeched | |
v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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84 skull | |
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85 ribs | |
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86 cosmopolitan | |
adj.世界性的,全世界的,四海为家的,全球的 | |
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87 snugly | |
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88 meditation | |
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录 | |
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89 random | |
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90 allusive | |
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91 humbling | |
adj.令人羞辱的v.使谦恭( humble的现在分词 );轻松打败(尤指强大的对手);低声下气 | |
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92 avowed | |
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93 aged | |
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94 shrill | |
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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95 abruptly | |
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96 smote | |
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97 straps | |
n.带子( strap的名词复数 );挎带;肩带;背带v.用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 );用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带 | |
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98 slung | |
抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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99 brink | |
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100 middle-aged | |
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101 prematurely | |
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102 genial | |
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103 hesitation | |
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104 transit | |
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105 chilly | |
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106 strapped | |
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107 brass | |
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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108 apparently | |
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109 sitting-room | |
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110 earrings | |
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111 modesty | |
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112 honourable | |
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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