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On Saturday afternoons Paul Muniment was able to leave his work at four o’clock, and on one of these occasions, some time after his visit to Madeira Crescent, he came into Rosy1’s room at about five, carefully dressed and brushed, and ruddy with the freshness of an abundant washing. He stood at the foot of her sofa, with a conscious smile, knowing how she chaffed him when his necktie was new; and after a moment, during which she ceased singing to herself as she twisted the strands2 of her long black hair together and let her eyes travel over his whole person, inspecting every detail, she said to him, “My dear Mr Muniment, you are going to see the Princess.”
“Well, have you anything to say against it?” Mr Muniment asked.
“Not a word; you know I like princesses. But you have.”
“Well, my girl, I’ll not speak it to you,” the young man rejoined. “There’s something to be said against everything, if you’ll give yourself trouble enough.”
“I should be very sorry if ever anything was said against you.”
“The man’s a sneak3 who is only and always praised,” Muniment remarked. “If you didn’t hope to be finely abused, where would be the encouragement?”
“Ay, but not with reason,” said Rosy, who always brightened to an argument.
“The better the reason, the greater the incentive4 to expose one’s self. However, you won’t hear it, if people do heave bricks at me.”
“I won’t hear it? Pray, don’t I hear everything? I should like any one to keep anything from me!” And Miss Muniment gave a toss of her recumbent head.
“There’s a good deal I keep from you, my dear,” said Paul, rather dryly.
“You mean there are things I don’t want, I don’t take any trouble, to know. Indeed and indeed there are: things that I wouldn’t know for the world – that no amount of persuasion5 would induce me, not if you was to go down on your knees. But if I did – if I did, I promise you that just as I lie here I should have them all in my pocket. Now there are others,” the young woman went on – “there are others that you will just be so good as to tell me. When the Princess asked you to come and see her you refused, and you wanted to know what good it would do. I hoped you would go, then; I should have liked you to go, because I wanted to know how she lived, and whether she had things handsome, or only in the poor way she said. But I didn’t push you, because I couldn’t have told you what good it would do you: that was only the good it would have done me. At present I have heard everything from Lady
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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n.(线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股( strand的名词复数 );缕;海洋、湖或河的)岸;(观点、计划、故事等的)部份v.使滞留,使搁浅( strand的第三人称单数 ) | |
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vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行 | |
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hypocrisy
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spotted
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poetical
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gaily
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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inquiry
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insistence
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n.坚持;强调;坚决主张 | |
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serenely
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adv.安详地,宁静地,平静地 | |
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logic
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passionate
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levity
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contention
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n.争论,争辩,论战;论点,主张 | |
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n.野兽,兽性 | |
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serenity
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cuff
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reminder
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n.说明,阐明 | |
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(使某物)燃烧,着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 ); 激起(感情等); 发亮,放光 | |
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conceited
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latch
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n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁 | |
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uncommon
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adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的 | |
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v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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bonnet
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n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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mantle
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n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红 | |
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remonstrance
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n抗议,抱怨 | |
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tumult
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n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹 | |
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吵闹( tumult的名词复数 ); 喧哗; 激动的吵闹声; 心烦意乱 | |
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prudent
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adj.谨慎的,有远见的,精打细算的 | |
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accusation
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n.控告,指责,谴责 | |
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prospect
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n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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irritation
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n.激怒,恼怒,生气 | |
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resentment
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n.怨愤,忿恨 | |
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alluding
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提及,暗指( allude的现在分词 ) | |
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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ornament
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v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物 | |
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peculiarity
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n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖 | |
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covetously
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adv.妄想地,贪心地 | |
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homely
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adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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interval
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n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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allusion
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n.暗示,间接提示 | |
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evade
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vt.逃避,回避;避开,躲避 | |
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fiddles
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n.小提琴( fiddle的名词复数 );欺诈;(需要运用手指功夫的)细巧活动;当第二把手v.伪造( fiddle的第三人称单数 );篡改;骗取;修理或稍作改动 | |
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inadequacy
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n.无法胜任,信心不足 | |
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inaccessibility
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n. 难接近, 难达到, 难达成 | |
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agitation
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faculty
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n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
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v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的第三人称单数 );使糊涂;对付,混日子 | |
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同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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culminate
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v.到绝顶,达于极点,达到高潮 | |
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traitor
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鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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