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Full seven happy years I have been the mistress of Bleak1 House.
The few words that I have to add to what I have written are soonpenned; then I and the unknown friend to whom I write will part forever. Not without much dear remembrance on my side. Not withoutsome, I hope, on his or hers.
They gave my darling into my arms, and through many weeks I neverleft her. The little child who was to have done so much was bornbefore the turf was planted on its father's grave. It was a boy;and I, my husband, and my guardian2 gave him his father's name.
The help that my dear counted on did come to her, though it came,in the eternal wisdom, for another purpose. Though to bless andrestore his mother, not his father, was the errand of this baby,its power was mighty3 to do it. When I saw the strength of the weaklittle hand and how its touch could heal my darling's heart andraised hope within her, I felt a new sense of the goodness and thetenderness of God.
They throve, and by degrees I saw my dear girl pass into my countrygarden and walk there with her infant in her arms. I was marriedthen. I was the happiest of the happy.
It was at this time that my guardian joined us and asked Ada whenshe would come home.
"Both houses are your home, my dear," said he, "but the older BleakHouse claims priority. When you and my boy are strong enough to doit, come and take possession of your home."Ada called him "her dearest cousin, John." But he said, no, itmust be guardian now. He was her guardian henceforth, and theboy's; and he had an old association with the name. So she calledhim guardian, and has called him guardian ever since. The childrenknow him by no other name. I say the children; I have two littledaughters.
It is difficult to believe that Charley (round-eyed still, and notat all grammatical) is married to a miller4 in our neighbourhood;yet so it is; and even now, looking up from my desk as I writeearly in the morning at my summer window, I see the very millbeginning to go round. I hope the miller will not spoil Charley;but he is very fond of her, and Charley is rather vain of such amatch, for he is well to do and was in great request. So far as mysmall maid is concerned, I might suppose time to have stood forseven years as still as the mill did half an hour ago, since littleEmma, Charley's sister, is exactly what Charley used to be. As toTom, Charley's brother, I am really afraid to say what he did atschool in ciphering, but I think it was decimals. He isapprenticed to the miller, whatever it was, and is a good bashfulfellow, always falling in love with somebody and being ashamed ofit.
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adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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n.监护人;守卫者,保护者 | |
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3 mighty | |
adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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4 miller | |
n.磨坊主 | |
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5 westward | |
n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西 | |
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6 mortification | |
n.耻辱,屈辱 | |
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7 abetter | |
n.教唆者,怂恿者 | |
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8 scanty | |
adj.缺乏的,仅有的,节省的,狭小的,不够的 | |
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9 intervals | |
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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10 soften | |
v.(使)变柔软;(使)变柔和 | |
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11 apoplectic | |
adj.中风的;愤怒的;n.中风患者 | |
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12 veneration | |
n.尊敬,崇拜 | |
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13 dame | |
n.女士 | |
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n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧 | |
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15 prospered | |
成功,兴旺( prosper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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16 soothed | |
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦 | |
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17 bustling | |
adj.喧闹的 | |
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18 benevolent | |
adj.仁慈的,乐善好施的 | |
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