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When her husband’s letter reached Grace’s hands, bearing upon it the postmark of a distant town, it never once crossed her mind that Fitzpiers was within a mile of her still. she felt relieved that he did not write more bitterly of the quarrel with her father, whatever its nature might have been; but the general frigidity1 of his communication quenched2 in her the incipient3 spark that events had kindled4 so shortly before.
From this centre of information it was made known in Hintock that the doctor had gone away, and as none but the Melbury household was aware that he did not return on the night of his accident, no excitement manifested itself in the village.
Thus the early days of May passed by. None but the nocturnal birds and animals observed that late one evening, towards the middle of the month, a closely wrapped figure, with a crutch5 under one arm and a stick in his hand, crept out from Hintock House across the lawn to the shelter of the trees, taking thence a slow and laborious6 walk to the nearest point of the turnpike-road. The mysterious personage was so disguised that his own wife would hardly have known him. Felice Charmond was a practised hand at make-ups, as well she might be; and she had done her utmost in padding and painting Fitzpiers with the old materials of her art in the recesses7 of the lumber-room.
In the highway he was met by a covered carriage, which conveyed him to Sherton-Abbas, whence he proceeded to the nearest port on the south coast, and immediately crossed the Channel.
But it was known to everybody that three days after this time Mrs. Charmond executed her long-deferred plan of setting out for a long term of travel and residence on the Continent. She went off one morning as unostentatiously as could be, and took no maid with her, having, she said, engaged one to meet her at a point farther on in her route. After that, Hintock House, so frequently
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1 frigidity | |
n.寒冷;冷淡;索然无味;(尤指妇女的)性感缺失 | |
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2 quenched | |
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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3 incipient | |
adj.起初的,发端的,初期的 | |
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4 kindled | |
(使某物)燃烧,着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 ); 激起(感情等); 发亮,放光 | |
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5 crutch | |
n.T字形拐杖;支持,依靠,精神支柱 | |
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6 laborious | |
adj.吃力的,努力的,不流畅 | |
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7 recesses | |
n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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8 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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9 merged | |
(使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中 | |
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10 clinching | |
v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的现在分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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11 rumor | |
n.谣言,谣传,传说 | |
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12 agitated | |
adj.被鼓动的,不安的 | |
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13 humiliation | |
n.羞辱 | |
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14 formerly | |
adv.从前,以前 | |
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15 promising | |
adj.有希望的,有前途的 | |
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16 solicitors | |
初级律师( solicitor的名词复数 ) | |
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17 solicitor | |
n.初级律师,事务律师 | |
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18 mire | |
n.泥沼,泥泞;v.使...陷于泥泞,使...陷入困境 | |
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19 testament | |
n.遗嘱;证明 | |
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20 uproot | |
v.连根拔起,拔除;根除,灭绝;赶出家园,被迫移开 | |
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21 statute | |
n.成文法,法令,法规;章程,规则,条例 | |
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22 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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23 sever | |
v.切开,割开;断绝,中断 | |
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24 tavern | |
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店 | |
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25 nay | |
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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26 fascination | |
n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋 | |
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27 bondage | |
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28 faculty | |
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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29 ascertained | |
v.弄清,确定,查明( ascertain的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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30 plausible | |
adj.似真实的,似乎有理的,似乎可信的 | |
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31 sonorously | |
adv.圆润低沉地;感人地;堂皇地;朗朗地 | |
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32 intensity | |
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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33 conversed | |
v.交谈,谈话( converse的过去式 ) | |
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34 relinquished | |
交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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35 subdued | |
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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36 disquieted | |
v.使不安,使忧虑,使烦恼( disquiet的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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37 exultation | |
n.狂喜,得意 | |
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38 loomed | |
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39 evaded | |
逃避( evade的过去式和过去分词 ); 避开; 回避; 想不出 | |
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40 allusion | |
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41 fiery | |
adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
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42 abeyant | |
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43 crease | |
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44 stimulated | |
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45 wed | |
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46 feverish | |
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47 aggravation | |
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48 suspense | |
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
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49 preservation | |
n.保护,维护,保存,保留,保持 | |
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50 concealed | |
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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51 juncture | |
n.时刻,关键时刻,紧要关头 | |
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52 malady | |
n.病,疾病(通常做比喻) | |
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53 infancy | |
n.婴儿期;幼年期;初期 | |
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54 meditated | |
深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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55 gist | |
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56 averting | |
防止,避免( avert的现在分词 ); 转移 | |
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57 toddling | |
v.(幼儿等)东倒西歪地走( toddle的现在分词 );蹒跚行走;溜达;散步 | |
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58 impatience | |
n.不耐烦,急躁 | |
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59 discretion | |
n.谨慎;随意处理 | |
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60 eminent | |
adj.显赫的,杰出的,有名的,优良的 | |
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61 parental | |
adj.父母的;父的;母的 | |
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62 scenting | |
vt.闻到(scent的现在分词形式) | |
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63 potent | |
adj.强有力的,有权势的;有效力的 | |
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64 awakening | |
n.觉醒,醒悟 adj.觉醒中的;唤醒的 | |
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65 legitimate | |
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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