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Epilogue IV
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Extracts from the Diary of The Reverend Julian Gray.
First Extract.
. . . . “A month to-day since we were married! I have only one thing to say: I would cheerfully go through all that I have suffered to live this one month over again. I never knew what happiness was until now. And better still, I have persuaded Mercy that it is all her doing. I have scattered1 her misgivings2 to the winds; she is obliged to submit to evidence, and to own that she can make the happiness of my life.
“We go back to London to-morrow. She regrets leaving the tranquil3 retirement4 of this remote sea-side place — she dreads5 change. I care nothing for it. It is all one to me where I go, so long as my wife is with me.”
Second Extract.
“The first cloud has risen. I entered the room unexpectedly just now, and found her in tears.
“With considerable difficulty I persuaded her to tell me what had happened. Are there any limits to the mischief7 that can be done by the tongue of a foolish woman? The landlady8 at my lodgings9 is the woman, in this case. Having no decided10 plans for the future as yet, we returned (most unfortunately, as the event has proved) to the rooms in London which I inhabited in my bachelor days. They are still mine for six weeks to come, and Mercy was unwilling11 to let me incur12 the expense of taking her to a hotel. At breakfast this morning I rashly congratulated myself (in my wife’s hearing) on finding that a much smaller collection than usual of letters and cards had accumulated in my absence. Breakfast over, I was obliged to go out. Painfully sensitive, poor thing, to any change in my experience of the little world around me which it is possible to connect with the event of my marriage, Mercy questioned the landlady, in my absence, about the diminished number of my visitors and my correspondents. The woman seized the opportunity of gossiping about me and my affairs, and my wife’s quick perception drew the right conclusion unerringly. My marriage has decided certain wise heads of families on discontinuing their social relations with me. The facts, unfortunately, speak for themselves. People who in former years
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n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧 | |
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adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的 | |
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retirement
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n.恐惧,畏惧( dread的名词复数 );令人恐惧的事物v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的第三人称单数 ) | |
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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unwilling
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incur
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vt.招致,蒙受,遭遇 | |
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habitually
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habitual
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abstained
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unanimity
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inviting
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mortification
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exultation
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accomplishment
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attainment
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filthy
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Christian
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misusing
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deliberately
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peculiar
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amazement
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infancy
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mortify
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longing
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rehearsal
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n.排练,排演;练习 | |
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pointed
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obstinate
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determined
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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overdid
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v.做得过分( overdo的过去式 );太夸张;把…煮得太久;(工作等)过度 | |
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amiability
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n.和蔼可亲的,亲切的,友善的 | |
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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obtrusive
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adj.显眼的;冒失的 | |
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civilized
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a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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abject
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adj.极可怜的,卑屈的 | |
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proceeding
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n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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heartily
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adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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emigrant
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adj.移居的,移民的;n.移居外国的人,移民 | |
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statistical
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adj.统计的,统计学的 | |
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