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After a sound night’s rest in a chamber1 in the thatched roof, in which it seemed the sexton had for some years been a lodger2, but which he had lately deserted3 for a wife and a cottage of his own, the child rose early in the morning and descended4 to the room where she had supped last night. As the schoolmaster had already left his bed and gone out, she bestirred herself to make it neat and comfortable, and had just finished its arrangement when the kind host returned.
He thanked her many times, and said that the old dame5 who usually did such offices for him had gone to nurse the little scholar whom he had told her of. The child asked how he was, and hoped he was better.
‘No,’ rejoined the schoolmaster shaking his head sorrowfully, ‘no better. They even say he is worse.’
‘I am very sorry for that, Sir,’ said the child.
The poor schoolmaster appeared to be gratified by her earnest manner, but yet rendered more uneasy by it, for he added hastily that anxious people often magnified an evil and thought it greater than it was; ‘for my part,’ he said, in his quiet, patient way, ‘I hope it’s not so. I don’t think he can be worse.’
The child asked his leave to prepare breakfast, and her grandfather coming down stairs, they all three partook of it together. While the meal was in progress, their host remarked that the old man seemed much fatigued6, and evidently stood in need of rest.
‘If the journey you have before you is a long one,’ he said, ‘and don’t press you for one day, you’re very welcome to pass another night here. I should really be glad if you would, friend.’
He saw that the old man looked at Nell, uncertain whether to accept or decline his offer; and added,
‘I shall be glad to have your young companion with me for one day. If you can do a charity to a lone7
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1 chamber | |
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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5 dame | |
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6 fatigued | |
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7 lone | |
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8 irresolutely | |
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9 persuasion | |
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10 gratitude | |
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11 basking | |
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12 apprehensive | |
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14 rustic | |
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15 remarkable | |
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16 fixed | |
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17 eldest | |
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18 peg | |
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19 pegs | |
n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 );挂钉;系帐篷的桩;弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 );使固定在某水平 | |
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20 wont | |
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21 conning | |
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22 din | |
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23 meek | |
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24 meekness | |
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25 simplicity | |
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26 tempting | |
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27 tedium | |
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28 rambling | |
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29 impunity | |
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30 rebuke | |
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31 malice | |
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32 squinted | |
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33 grimaces | |
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34 constraint | |
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35 subsided | |
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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36 humble | |
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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37 meditated | |
深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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38 plunging | |
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39 savages | |
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40 forth | |
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41 rebellious | |
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42 willow | |
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43 broiling | |
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44 gliding | |
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45 monstrous | |
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46 attentive | |
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47 boisterous | |
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48 crooked | |
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49 remorseful | |
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50 inflicting | |
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51 murmur | |
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52 entreat | |
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53 entreating | |
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54 scatter | |
vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散 | |
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55 beckoning | |
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56 inviting | |
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57 joyous | |
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58 whoop | |
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59 fable | |
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60 disapproval | |
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61 proceeding | |
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62 affront | |
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63 lighter | |
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64 monarch | |
n.帝王,君主,最高统治者 | |
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65 inflame | |
v.使燃烧;使极度激动;使发炎 | |
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66 deduct | |
vt.扣除,减去 | |
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67 opposition | |
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68 taunts | |
嘲弄的言语,嘲笑,奚落( taunt的名词复数 ) | |
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69 elicit | |
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70 tottering | |
adj.蹒跚的,动摇的v.走得或动得不稳( totter的现在分词 );踉跄;蹒跚;摇摇欲坠 | |
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71 relinquishing | |
交出,让给( relinquish的现在分词 ); 放弃 | |
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72 wringing | |
淋湿的,湿透的 | |
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73 distress | |
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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74 sobbing | |
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75 gathering | |
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76 slate | |
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77 chafing | |
n.皮肤发炎v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的现在分词 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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78 chafed | |
v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的过去式 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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