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It was well for the small servant that she was of a sharp, quick nature, or the consequence of sending her out alone, from the very neighbourhood in which it was most dangerous for her to appear, would probably have been the restoration of Miss Sally Brass1 to the supreme2 authority over her person. Not unmindful of the risk she ran, however, the Marchioness no sooner left the house than she dived into the first dark by-way that presented itself, and, without any present reference to the point to which her journey tended, made it her first business to put two good miles of brick and mortar3 between herself and Bevis Marks.
When she had accomplished4 this object, she began to shape her course for the notary5’s office, to which — shrewdly inquiring of apple-women and oyster-sellers at street-corners, rather than in lighted shops or of well-dressed people, at the hazard of attracting notice — she easily procured6 a direction. As carrier-pigeons, on being first let loose in a strange place, beat the air at random7 for a short time before darting8 off towards the spot for which they are designed, so did the Marchioness flutter round and round until she believed herself in safety, and then bear swiftly down upon the port for which she was bound.
She had no bonnet9 — nothing on her head but a great cap which, in some old time, had been worn by Sally Brass, whose taste in head-dresses was, as we have seen, peculiar10 — and her speed was rather retarded
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1 brass | |
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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2 supreme | |
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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3 mortar | |
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合 | |
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4 accomplished | |
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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5 notary | |
n.公证人,公证员 | |
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6 procured | |
v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 );拉皮条 | |
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7 random | |
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 | |
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8 darting | |
v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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9 bonnet | |
n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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10 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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11 retarded | |
a.智力迟钝的,智力发育迟缓的 | |
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12 kennel | |
n.狗舍,狗窝 | |
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13 exhausted | |
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15 hind | |
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16 gracefully | |
ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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17 triangular | |
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18 pony | |
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19 inconvenient | |
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20 precedent | |
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21 rattled | |
慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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22 trot | |
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧 | |
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23 fret | |
v.(使)烦恼;(使)焦急;(使)腐蚀,(使)磨损 | |
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24 rascal | |
n.流氓;不诚实的人 | |
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25 reins | |
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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26 plunges | |
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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27 trotted | |
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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28 trepidation | |
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29 kit | |
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30 innocence | |
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31 impelled | |
v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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32 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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33 entrusting | |
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34 chamber | |
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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35 tranquilly | |
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36 reluctance | |
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿 | |
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37 sleeper | |
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38 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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39 deviation | |
n.背离,偏离;偏差,偏向;离题 | |
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40 omission | |
n.省略,删节;遗漏或省略的事物,冗长 | |
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41 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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42 narration | |
n.讲述,叙述;故事;记叙体 | |
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43 remonstrance | |
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44 persuasion | |
n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派 | |
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45 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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46 gallop | |
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47 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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48 strew | |
vt.撒;使散落;撒在…上,散布于 | |
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