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Chapter 15 The Whole Case So Far
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Bradley Headstone held fast by that other interview he was to have with Lizzie Hexam. In stipulating1 for it, he had been impelled2 by a feeling little short of desperation, and the feeling abided by him. It was very soon after his interview with the Secretary, that he and Charley Hexam set out one leaden evening, not unnoticed by Miss Peecher, to have this desperate interview accomplished3.
‘That dolls’ dressmaker,’ said Bradley, ‘is favourable4 neither to me nor to you, Hexam.’
‘A pert crooked5 little chit, Mr Headstone! I knew she would put herself in the way, if she could, and would be sure to strike in with something impertinent. It was on that account that I proposed our going to the City to-night and meeting my sister.’
‘So I supposed,’ said Bradley, getting his gloves on his nervous hands as he walked. ‘So I supposed.’
‘Nobody but my sister,’ pursued Charley, ‘would have found out such an extraordinary companion. She has done it in a ridiculous fancy of giving herself up to another. She told me so, that night when we went there.’
‘Why should she give herself up to the dressmaker?’ asked Bradley.
‘Oh!’ said the boy, colouring. ‘One of her romantic ideas! I tried to convince her so, but I didn’t succeed. However, what we have got to do, is, to succeed to-night, Mr Headstone, and then all the rest follows.’
‘You are still sanguine6, Hexam.’
‘Certainly I am, sir. Why, we have everything on our side.’
‘Except your sister, perhaps,’ thought Bradley. But he only gloomily thought it, and said nothing.
‘Everything on our side,’ repeated the boy with boyish confidence. ‘Respectability, an excellent connexion for me, common sense, everything!’
‘To be sure, your sister has always shown herself a devoted
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1 stipulating | |
v.(尤指在协议或建议中)规定,约定,讲明(条件等)( stipulate的现在分词 );规定,明确要求 | |
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2 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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3 accomplished | |
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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4 favourable | |
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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5 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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6 sanguine | |
adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
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7 devoted | |
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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8 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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10 warehouses | |
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12 dingy | |
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13 descending | |
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14 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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15 housekeepers | |
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16 kennels | |
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17 poking | |
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18 gaol | |
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19 dismal | |
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20 mighty | |
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21 grit | |
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22 eastward | |
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24 lurking | |
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25 petulantly | |
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26 pretence | |
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27 perpendicular | |
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28 constrained | |
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29 standing | |
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30 passionate | |
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31 miserable | |
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32 mingled | |
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33 doom | |
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34 deserted | |
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35 panes | |
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36 esteem | |
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37 qualified | |
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38 distinguished | |
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39 passionately | |
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40 emphatic | |
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41 asunder | |
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42 torments | |
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43 miseries | |
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44 syllable | |
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45 lighting | |
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46 entreat | |
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47 entreaty | |
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48 regained | |
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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49 wrenched | |
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50 wren | |
n.鹪鹩;英国皇家海军女子服务队成员 | |
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51 gallows | |
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52 mortar | |
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53 rattled | |
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54 implore | |
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55 fortitude | |
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56 apparently | |
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57 engrossed | |
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58 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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59 decided | |
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60 clenched | |
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61 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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62 hatred | |
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨 | |
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63 smeared | |
弄脏; 玷污; 涂抹; 擦上 | |
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64 extorted | |
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65 fixed | |
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66 bent | |
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67 compassion | |
n.同情,怜悯 | |
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68 compassionating | |
v.同情(compassionate的现在分词形式) | |
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69 conceal | |
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70 repelled | |
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71 wrestle | |
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72 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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73 exults | |
狂喜,欢跃( exult的第三人称单数 ) | |
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74 darted | |
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75 solitary | |
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76 disinterestedness | |
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77 disinterested | |
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78 WHIMS | |
虚妄,禅病 | |
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79 ornament | |
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80 smote | |
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81 infancy | |
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82 adviser | |
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83 reclaimer | |
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84 perfectly | |
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85 confides | |
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86 disparage | |
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87 discomfiture | |
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88 unwilling | |
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89 authorize | |
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90 remains | |
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91 heed | |
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92 remonstrance | |
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93 mortified | |
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94 doggedly | |
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95 determined | |
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96 mire | |
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97 inveterately | |
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98 distress | |
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99 sobbed | |
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100 renounced | |
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101 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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102 fatiguing | |
a.使人劳累的 | |
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103 relinquish | |
v.放弃,撤回,让与,放手 | |
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104 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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105 levity | |
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106 gaily | |
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107 constraint | |
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108 petulance | |
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109 vilified | |
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110 enchanted | |
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111 jealousy | |
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112 malice | |
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113 lodging | |
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