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Notwithstanding a press of business, Jim went and did his duty in thanking the Baron1. The latter saw him in his fishing-tackle room, an apartment littered with every appliance that a votary2 of the rod could require.
‘And when is the wedding-day to be, Hayward?’ the Baron asked, after Jim had told him that matters were settled.
‘It is not quite certain yet, my noble lord,’ said Jim cheerfully. ‘But I hope ’twill not be long after the time when God A’mighty christens the little apples.’
‘And when is that?’
‘St. Swithin’s — the middle of July. ’Tis to be some time in that month, she tells me.’
When Jim was gone the Baron seemed meditative3. He went out, ascended4 the mount, and entered the weather-screen, where he looked at the seats, as though re-enacting in his fancy the scene of that memorable5 morning of fog. He turned his eyes to the angle of the shelter, round which Margery had suddenly appeared like a vision, and it was plain that he would not have minded her appearing there then. The juncture6 had indeed been such an impressive and critical one that she must have seemed rather a heavenly messenger than a passing milkmaid, more especially to a man like the Baron, who, despite the mystery of his origin and life, revealed himself to be a melancholy7, emotional character — the Jacques of this forest and stream.
Behind the mount the ground rose yet higher, ascending8 to a plantation9 which sheltered the house. The Baron strolled up here, and bent
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1 baron | |
n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王 | |
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n.崇拜者;爱好者;adj.誓约的,立誓任圣职的 | |
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3 meditative | |
adj.沉思的,冥想的 | |
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4 ascended | |
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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5 memorable | |
adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的 | |
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6 juncture | |
n.时刻,关键时刻,紧要关头 | |
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7 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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8 ascending | |
adj.上升的,向上的 | |
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9 plantation | |
n.种植园,大农场 | |
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10 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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11 brooks | |
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 ) | |
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12 trickling | |
n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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13 infinitely | |
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14 ridge | |
n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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15 verge | |
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16 desultory | |
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17 rift | |
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18 dressing | |
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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19 behold | |
v.看,注视,看到 | |
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20 wilfulness | |
任性;倔强 | |
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21 browbeaten | |
v.(以言辞或表情)威逼,恫吓( browbeat的过去分词 ) | |
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22 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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23 impulsively | |
adv.冲动地 | |
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24 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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25 elevations | |
(水平或数量)提高( elevation的名词复数 ); 高地; 海拔; 提升 | |
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26 glistened | |
v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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27 scythes | |
n.(长柄)大镰刀( scythe的名词复数 )v.(长柄)大镰刀( scythe的第三人称单数 ) | |
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28 bustle | |
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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29 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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30 primitive | |
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31 turmoil | |
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32 seclusion | |
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33 unduly | |
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34 affected | |
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35 conjecture | |
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36 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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37 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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38 momentous | |
adj.重要的,重大的 | |
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39 disperse | |
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散 | |
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40 tenor | |
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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41 recess | |
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处) | |
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42 fatigue | |
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43 vexed | |
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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44 backwards | |
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地 | |
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45 whim | |
n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想 | |
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46 agitation | |
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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47 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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48 humbly | |
adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地 | |
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49 curiously | |
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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50 enchantment | |
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51 recluse | |
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