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Mrs Bowerbank had let her know she would meet her, almost at the threshold of the dreadful place; and this thought had sustained Miss Pynsent in her long and devious1 journey, performed partly on foot, partly in a succession of omnibuses. She had had ideas about a cab, but she decided3 to reserve the cab for the return, as then, very likely, she should be so shaken with emotion, so overpoweringly affected4, that it would be a comfort to escape from observation. She had no confidence that if once she passed the door of the prison she should ever be restored to liberty and her customers; it seemed to her an adventure as dangerous as it was dismal5, and she was immensely touched by the clear-faced eagerness of the child at her side, who strained forward as brightly as he had done on another occasion, still celebrated6 in Miss Pynsent’s industrious7 annals, a certain sultry Saturday in August, when she had taken him to the Tower. It had been a terrible question with her, when once she made up her mind, what she should tell him about the nature of their errand. She determined8 to tell him as little as possible, to say only that she was going to see a poor woman who was in prison on account of a crime she had committed years before, and who had sent for her, and caused her to be told at the same time that if there was any child she could see – as children (if they were good) were bright and cheering – it would make her very happy that such a little visitor should come as well. It was very difficult, with Hyacinth, to make reservations or mysteries; he wanted to know everything about everything, and he projected the light of a hundred questions upon Miss Pynsent’s incarcerated9 friend. She had to admit that she had been her friend (for where else was the obligation to go to see her?); but she
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24 sprawling | |
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29 ERECTED | |
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30 penitentiary | |
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31 blight | |
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32 foul | |
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33 protrusion | |
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35 scruples | |
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36 resolutely | |
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37 alacrity | |
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38 sullen | |
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39 elation | |
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40 reprieve | |
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41 remorse | |
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42 shriek | |
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43 perfectly | |
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44 groaned | |
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45 expiated | |
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46 catching | |
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47 bosom | |
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48 dreary | |
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49 desperately | |
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50 remarkable | |
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51 scanty | |
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52 gateway | |
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53 abruptly | |
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54 imperative | |
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55 pretext | |
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56 providence | |
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58 stony | |
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59 hideous | |
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60 hoods | |
n.兜帽( hood的名词复数 );头巾;(汽车、童车等的)折合式车篷;汽车发动机罩v.兜帽( hood的第三人称单数 );头巾;(汽车、童车等的)折合式车篷;汽车发动机罩 | |
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61 spectrally | |
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62 dowdy | |
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63 untied | |
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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64 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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65 recesses | |
n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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66 labyrinth | |
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67 abode | |
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68 tortuous | |
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69 shafts | |
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70 fixed | |
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71 flattened | |
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72 immured | |
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73 improper | |
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74 isolated | |
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75 doorway | |
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76 condescend | |
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77 vaguely | |
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78 obnoxious | |
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79 arrogant | |
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80 timorous | |
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81 inflict | |
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82 gratuitously | |
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83 outskirts | |
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84 hovering | |
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85 chambers | |
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86 dedicated | |
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88 blessing | |
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89 sordid | |
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90 discreetly | |
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91 hoarse | |
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92 faltered | |
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93 dawdle | |
vi.浪费时间;闲荡 | |
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94 muster | |
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95 interval | |
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96 unnatural | |
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97 obliterated | |
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98 distinguished | |
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99 twitch | |
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100 compassion | |
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101 delicacy | |
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102 glazed | |
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103 entreaty | |
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104 gratitude | |
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105 confession | |
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106 vanquished | |
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107 disapproval | |
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108 random | |
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109 allusions | |
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110 tragic | |
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114 agitation | |
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118 repugnance | |
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121 sobbing | |
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122 contrition | |
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123 misery | |
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124 sobs | |
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125 lamentation | |
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126 judicial | |
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128 ravaged | |
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129 dishonoured | |
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130 abbreviate | |
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131 judicious | |
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132 propped | |
支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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133 begotten | |
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134 destined | |
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adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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