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Chapter III A Confession
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It was a morning of the latter summer-time; a morning of lingering dews, when the grass is never dry in the shade. Fuchsias and dahlias were laden1 till eleven o’clock with small drops and dashes of water, changing the colour of their sparkle at every movement of the air; and elsewhere hanging on twigs2 like small silver fruit. The threads of garden spiders appeared thick and polished. In the dry and sunny places, dozens of long-legged crane-flies whizzed off the grass at every step the passer took.
Fancy Day and her friend Susan Dewy the tranter’s daughter, were in such a spot as this, pulling down a bough4 laden with early apples. Three months had elapsed since Dick and Fancy had journeyed together from Budmouth, and the course of their love had run on vigorously during the whole time. There had been just enough difficulty attending its development, and just enough finesse5 required in keeping it private, to lend the passion an ever-increasing freshness on Fancy’s part, whilst, whether from these accessories or not, Dick’s heart had been at all times as fond as could be desired. But there was a cloud on Fancy’s horizon now.
“She is so well off — better than any of us,” Susan Dewy was saying. “Her father farms five hundred acres, and she might marry a doctor or curate or anything of that kind if she contrived6 a little.”
“I don’t think Dick ought to have gone to that gipsy-party at all when he knew I couldn’t go,” replied Fancy uneasily.
“He didn’t know that you would not be there till it was too late to refuse the invitation,” said Susan.
“And what was she like? Tell me.”
“Well, she was rather pretty, I must own.”
“Tell straight on about her, can’t you! Come, do, Susan. How many times did you say he danced with her?”
“Once.”
“Twice, I think you said?”
“Indeed I’m sure I didn’t.”
“Well, and he wanted to again, I expect.”
“No; I don’t think he did. She wanted to dance with him again bad enough, I know. Everybody does with Dick, because he’s so handsome and such a clever courter.”
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adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的 | |
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5 finesse | |
n.精密技巧,灵巧,手腕 | |
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6 contrived | |
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7 miserable | |
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10 gathering | |
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11 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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12 frenzy | |
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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13 flirt | |
v.调情,挑逗,调戏;n.调情者,卖俏者 | |
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v.调情,打情骂俏( flirt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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15 dismal | |
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17 perches | |
栖息处( perch的名词复数 ); 栖枝; 高处; 鲈鱼 | |
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19 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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21 iota | |
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22 miseries | |
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人 | |
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23 guilt | |
n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责 | |
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24 villain | |
n.反派演员,反面人物;恶棍;问题的起因 | |
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25 indifference | |
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26 sobs | |
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27 favourable | |
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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28 mere | |
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29 apparently | |
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30 trotting | |
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31 miserably | |
adv.痛苦地;悲惨地;糟糕地;极度地 | |
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33 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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