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Still impassive, as behoves its breeding, the Dedlock town housecarries itself as usual towards the street of dismal1 grandeur2.
There are powdered heads from time to time in the little windows ofthe hall, looking out at the untaxed powder falling all day fromthe sky; and in the same conservatory3 there is peach blossomturning itself exotically to the great hall fire from the nippingweather out of doors. It is given out that my Lady has gone downinto Lincolnshire, but is expected to return presently.
Rumour4, busy overmuch, however, will not go down into Lincolnshire.
It persists in flitting and chattering5 about town. It knows thatthat poor unfortunate man, Sir Leicester, has been sadly used. Ithears, my dear child, all sorts of shocking things. It makes theworld of five miles round quite merry. Not to know that there issomething wrong at the Dedlocks' is to augur6 yourself unknown. Oneof the peachy-cheeked charmers with the skeleton throats is alreadyapprised of all the principal circumstances that will come outbefore the Lords on Sir Leicester's application for a bill ofdivorce.
At Blaze and Sparkle's the jewellers and at Sheen and Gloss7's themercers, it is and will be for several hours the topic of the age,the feature of the century. The patronesses of thoseestablishments, albeit8 so loftily inscrutable, being as nicelyweighed and measured there as any other article of the stock-in-trade, are perfectly9 understood in this new fashion by the rawesthand behind the counter. "Our people, Mr. Jones," said Blaze andSparkle to the hand in question on engaging him, "our people, sir,are sheep--mere sheep. Where two or three marked ones go, all therest follow. Keep those two or three in your eye, Mr. Jones, andyou have the flock." So, likewise, Sheen and Gloss to THEIR Jones,in reference to knowing where to have the fashionable people andhow to bring what they (Sheen and Gloss) choose into fashion. Onsimilar unerring principles, Mr. Sladdery the librarian, and indeedthe great farmer of gorgeous sheep, admits this very day, "Why yes,sir, there certainly ARE reports concerning Lady Dedlock, verycurrent indeed among my high connexion, sir. You see, my highconnexion must talk about something, sir; and it's only to get asubject into

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n.幻影,虚位,幽灵;adj.错觉的,幻影的,幽灵的 | |
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streak
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n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动 | |
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n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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