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It was in the moment of turning away that I somehow learned, without looking, that Mrs. Brissenden had also immediately moved. I wanted to look and yet had my reasons for not appearing to do it too quickly; in spite of which I found my friends, even after an interval1, still distinguishable as separating for the avoidance of comment. Gilbert Long, rising directly after his associate, had already walked away, but this associate, lingering where she stood and meeting me with it, availed herself of the occasion to show that she wished to speak to me. Such was the idea she threw out on my forthwith going to her. “For a few minutes — presently.”
“Do you mean alone? Shall I come with you?”
She hesitated long enough for me to judge her as a trifle surprised at my being so ready — as if indeed she had rather hoped I wouldn’t be; which would have been an easy pretext2 to her to gain time. In fact, with a face not quite like the brave face she had at each step hitherto shown me, yet unlike in a fashion I should certainly not have been able to define on the spot; with an expression, in short, that struck me as taking refuge in a general reminder3 that not my convenience, but her own, was in question, she replied: “Oh, no — but before it’s too late. A few minutes hence. Where shall you be?” she asked with a shade, as I imagined, of awkwardness. She had looked about as for symptoms of acceptance of the evening’s end on the part of the ladies, but we could both see our hostess otherwise occupied. “We don’t go up quite yet. In the morning,” she added as with an afterthought, “I suppose you leave early.”
I debated. “I haven’t thought. And you?”
She looked at me straighter now. “I haven’t thought either.” Then she was silent, neither turning away nor coming to the point, as it seemed to me she might have done, of telling me what she had in her head. I even fancied that her momentary4 silence, combined with the way she faced me — as if that might speak for her — was meant for an assurance that, whatever train she should take in the morning, she would arrange that it shouldn’t be, as it had been the day before, the same as mine. I really caught in her attitude a world of invidious reference to the little journey we had already made together. She had sympathies, she had
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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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n.借口,托词 | |
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n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示 | |
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forfeiture
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rejuvenation
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preservation
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rustling
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discomfort
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redeeming
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recede
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vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进 | |
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exemption
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obsession
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obsessions
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descended
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sublime
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adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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positively
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juncture
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distinguished
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stature
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defiant
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rhythmical
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adj.有节奏的,有韵律的 | |
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防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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cynical
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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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解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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Ford
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delicacy
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n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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determined
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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intensity
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n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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eloquent
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adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的 | |
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receded
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v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
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confidential
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thoroughly
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proceeding
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n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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deference
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n.尊重,顺从;敬意 | |
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lustre
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n.光亮,光泽;荣誉 | |
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refreshment
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n.恢复,精神爽快,提神之事物;(复数)refreshments:点心,茶点 | |
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挫折( frustration的名词复数 ); 失败; 挫败; 失意 | |
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denuded
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tinkling
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tangled
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retracing
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reminders
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fragrant
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essentially
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retraced
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v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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plume
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vista
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n.远景,深景,展望,回想 | |
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propriety
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havoc
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superstitions
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迷信,迷信行为( superstition的名词复数 ) | |
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窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 ) | |
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