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Chapter 4 A Runaway Match
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Cherubic Pa arose with as little noise as possible from beside majestic2 Ma, one morning early, having a holiday before him. Pa and the lovely woman had a rather particular appointment to keep.
Yet Pa and the lovely woman were not going out together. Bella was up before four, but had no bonnet3 on. She was waiting at the foot of the stairs — was sitting on the bottom stair, in fact — to receive Pa when he came down, but her only object seemed to be to get Pa well out of the house.
‘Your breakfast is ready, sir,’ whispered Bella, after greeting him with a hug, ‘and all you have to do, is, to eat it up and drink it up, and escape. How do you feel, Pa?’
‘To the best of my judgement, like a housebreaker new to the business, my dear, who can’t make himself quite comfortable till he is off the premises4.’
Bella tucked her arm in his with a merry noiseless laugh, and they went down to the kitchen on tiptoe; she stopping on every separate stair to put the tip of her forefinger5 on her rosy6 lips, and then lay it on his lips, according to her favourite petting way of kissing Pa.
‘How do YOU feel, my love?’ asked R. W., as she gave him his breakfast.
‘I feel as if the Fortune-teller was coming true, dear Pa, and the fair little man was turning out as was predicted.’
‘Ho! Only the fair little man?’ said her father.
Bella put another of those finger-seals upon his lips, and then said, kneeling down by him as he sat at table: ‘Now, look here, sir. If you keep well up to the mark this day, what do you think you deserve? What did I promise you should have, if you were good, upon a certain occasion?’
‘Upon my word I don’t remember, Precious. Yes, I do, though. Wasn’t it one of these beau — tiful tresses?’ with his caressing7 hand upon her hair.
‘Wasn’t it, too!’ returned Bella, pretending to
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1 cherub | |
n.小天使,胖娃娃 | |
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2 majestic | |
adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的 | |
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3 bonnet | |
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4 premises | |
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6 rosy | |
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7 caressing | |
爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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8 pout | |
v.撅嘴;绷脸;n.撅嘴;生气,不高兴 | |
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9 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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10 dictated | |
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11 pious | |
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12 bonnets | |
n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 );(烟囱等的)覆盖物;(苏格兰男子的)无边呢帽;(女子戴的)任何一种帽子 | |
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14 expressive | |
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15 fidelity | |
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16 slumbered | |
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17 behold | |
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18 parental | |
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19 pier | |
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20 perfectly | |
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21 descried | |
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22 ashore | |
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24 glum | |
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25 pensioner | |
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26 confiding | |
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27 stranded | |
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28 everlasting | |
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29 steer | |
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30 inquiry | |
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31 perked | |
(使)活跃( perk的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)增值; 使更有趣 | |
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32 cherubs | |
小天使,胖娃娃( cherub的名词复数 ) | |
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33 attired | |
adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服,使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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34 inflame | |
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35 rendezvous | |
n.约会,约会地点,汇合点;vi.汇合,集合;vt.使汇合,使在汇合地点相遇 | |
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36 pegged | |
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37 victorious | |
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38 reassuringly | |
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39 momentary | |
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40 rustling | |
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41 albeit | |
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42 veracious | |
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43 wedlock | |
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44 purport | |
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45 relinquish | |
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46 narcotic | |
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47 countenance | |
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48 majesty | |
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49 benign | |
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50 lurking | |
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51 ambush | |
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52 observatory | |
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台 | |
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53 astronomer | |
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54 winking | |
n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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55 tablecloth | |
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56 exulting | |
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57 exalted | |
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58 pickles | |
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59 investigation | |
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60 poked | |
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61 apparently | |
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62 meditating | |
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63 vicissitudes | |
n.变迁,世事变化;变迁兴衰( vicissitude的名词复数 );盛衰兴废 | |
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64 scrambling | |
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65 salute | |
vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮 | |
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66 shovel | |
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67 splice | |
v.接合,衔接;n.胶接处,粘接处 | |
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68 brace | |
n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备 | |
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69 inflicting | |
把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的现在分词 ) | |
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70 outrage | |
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71 partnership | |
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72 disappearances | |
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73 auspices | |
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74 cravat | |
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75 secrecy | |
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76 confession | |
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79 penance | |
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80 specimens | |
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81 divers | |
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82 hue | |
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83 batter | |
v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员 | |
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84 bliss | |
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85 hoarding | |
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86 covenant | |
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87 nuptial | |
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88 wiles | |
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89 temperament | |
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90 descrying | |
v.被看到的,被发现的,被注意到的( descried的过去分词 ) | |
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91 innocence | |
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92 languishing | |
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93 swooping | |
俯冲,猛冲( swoop的现在分词 ) | |
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94 obstructed | |
阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止 | |
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95 bereaving | |
v.使失去(希望、生命等)( bereave的现在分词 );(尤指死亡)使丧失(亲人、朋友等);使孤寂;抢走(财物) | |
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96 liking | |
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97 fealty | |
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98 dispense | |
vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施 | |
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99 retired | |
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100 softened | |
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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101 concealment | |
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102 positively | |
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104 determined | |
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105 heartily | |
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106 amiable | |
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107 wharf | |
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108 beckoning | |
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110 horrid | |
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111 besought | |
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v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的现在分词 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱;“锻炼”效应 | |
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