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When Farfrae descended1 out of the loft2 breathless from his encounter with Henchard, he paused at the bottom to recover himself. He arrived at the yard with the intention of putting the horse into the gig himself (all the men having a holiday), and driving to a village on the Budmouth Road. Despite the fearful struggle he decided3 still to persevere4 in his journey, so as to recover himself before going indoors and meeting the eyes of Lucetta. He wished to consider his course in a case so serious.
When he was just on the point of driving off Whittle5 arrived with a note badly addressed, and bearing the word "immediate6" upon the outside. On opening it he was surprised to see that it was unsigned. It contained a brief request that he would go to Weatherbury that evening about some business which he was conducting there. Farfrae knew nothing that could make it pressing; but as he was bent7 upon going out he yielded to the anonymous8 request, particularly as he had a call to make at Mellstock which could be included in the same tour. Thereupon he told Whittle of his change of direction, in words which Henchard had overheard, and set out on his way. Farfrae had not directed his man to take the message indoors, and Whittle had not been supposed to do so on his own responsibility.
Now the anonymous letter was a well-intentioned but clumsy contrivance of Longways and other of Farfrae's men to get him out of the way for the evening, in order that the satirical mummery should fall flat, if it were attempted. By giving open information they would have brought down upon their heads the vengeance9 of those among their comrades who enjoyed these
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1 descended | |
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v.坚持,坚忍,不屈不挠 | |
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5 whittle | |
v.削(木头),削减;n.屠刀 | |
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6 immediate | |
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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7 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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8 anonymous | |
adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的 | |
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9 vengeance | |
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10 boisterous | |
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11 din | |
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12 effrontery | |
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13 wrought | |
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14 disappearance | |
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15 reproof | |
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16 mingled | |
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17 hubbub | |
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18 riveted | |
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19 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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20 mid | |
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21 lessened | |
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22 attic | |
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23 shutters | |
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24 glided | |
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25 intercourse | |
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26 effigy | |
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27 coaxed | |
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28 rigid | |
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29 shrieked | |
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30 frantic | |
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31 relinquished | |
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32 revel | |
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33 effigies | |
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34 lurid | |
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35 implored | |
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36 sarcastic | |
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37 ripples | |
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38 trampling | |
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39 rustle | |
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40 indirectly | |
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41 seizure | |
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42 standing | |
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43 uproar | |
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44 mischief | |
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45 clattering | |
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46 cleavers | |
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47 tongs | |
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48 tambourines | |
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49 tambourine | |
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50 kits | |
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51 proceedings | |
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52 thither | |
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53 constable | |
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54 constables | |
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55 alley | |
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56 chiding | |
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57 tempting | |
a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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58 borough | |
n.享有自治权的市镇;(英)自治市镇 | |
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59 magistrate | |
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60 magistrates | |
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61 disturbance | |
n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调 | |
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62 magisterially | |
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63 fustian | |
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64 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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65 blandly | |
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66 peculiar | |
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67 murmur | |
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68 mustered | |
v.集合,召集,集结(尤指部队)( muster的过去式和过去分词 );(自他人处)搜集某事物;聚集;激发 | |
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69 glimmer | |
v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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70 landlady | |
n.女房东,女地主 | |
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71 invaders | |
入侵者,侵略者,侵入物( invader的名词复数 ) | |
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72 nance | |
n.娘娘腔的男人,男同性恋者 | |
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73 meditatively | |
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74 sipped | |
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75 elicited | |
引出,探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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76 investigators | |
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77 auxiliaries | |
n.助动词 ( auxiliary的名词复数 );辅助工,辅助人员 | |
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