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Half-a-dozen years passed away, and Mr. and Mrs. Lodge's marriedexperience sank into prosiness, and worse. The farmer was usuallygloomy and silent: the woman whom he had wooed for her grace andbeauty was contorted and disfigured in the left limb; moreover, shehad brought him no child, which rendered it likely that he would bethe last of a family who had occupied that valley for some twohundred years. He thought of Rhoda Brook1 and her son; and fearedthis might be a judgment2 from heaven upon him.
The once blithe-hearted and enlightened Gertrude was changing intoan irritable3, superstitious4 woman, whose whole time was given toexperimenting upon her ailment5 with every quack6 remedy she cameacross. She was honestly attached to her husband, and was eversecretly hoping against hope to win back his heart again byregaining some at least of her personal beauty. Hence it arose thather closet was lined with bottles, packets, and ointment-pots ofevery description--nay, bunches of mystic herbs, charms, and booksof necromancy7, which in her schoolgirl time she would have ridiculedas folly8.
'Damned if you won't poison yourself with these apothecary9 messesand witch mixtures some time or other,' said her husband, when hiseye chanced to fall upon the multitudinous array.
She did not reply, but turned her sad, soft glance upon him in suchheart-swollen reproach that he looked sorry for his words, andadded, 'I only meant it for your good, you know, Gertrude.'
'I'll clear out the whole lot, and destroy them,' said she huskily,'and try such remedies no more!'
'You want somebody to cheer you,' he observed. 'I once thought ofadopting a boy; but he is too old now. And he is gone away I don'tknow where.'
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n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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2 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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3 irritable | |
adj.急躁的;过敏的;易怒的 | |
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4 superstitious | |
adj.迷信的 | |
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5 ailment | |
n.疾病,小病 | |
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6 quack | |
n.庸医;江湖医生;冒充内行的人;骗子 | |
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7 necromancy | |
n.巫术;通灵术 | |
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8 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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9 apothecary | |
n.药剂师 | |
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10 alluded | |
提及,暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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11 conjuror | |
n.魔术师,变戏法者 | |
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12 solitary | |
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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13 tragic | |
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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14 nostrums | |
n.骗人的疗法,有专利权的药品( nostrum的名词复数 );妙策 | |
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15 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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n.疣( wart的名词复数 );肉赘;树瘤;缺点 | |
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17 blight | |
n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏,摧残 | |
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18 gallows | |
n.绞刑架,绞台 | |
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