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Chapter XLIV.
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Fitzpiers had hardly been gone an hour when Grace began to sicken. The next day she kept her room. Old Jones was called in; he murmured some statements in which the words “feverish symptoms” occurred. Grace heard them, and guessed the means by which she had brought this visitation upon herself.
One day, while she still lay there with her head throbbing2, wondering if she were really going to join him who had gone before, Grammer Oliver came to her bedside. “I don’t know whe’r this is meant for you to take, ma’am,” she said, “but I have found it on the table. It was left by Marty, I think, when she came this morning.”
Grace turned her hot eyes upon what Grammer held up. It was the phial left at the hut by her husband when he had begged her to take some drops of its contents if she wished to preserve herself from falling a victim to the malady3 which had pulled down Winterborne. She examined it as well as she could. The liquid was of an opaline hue4, and bore a label with an inscription5 in Italian. He had probably got it in his wanderings abroad. She knew but little Italian, but could understand that the cordial was a febrifuge of some sort. Her father, her mother, and all the household were anxious for her recovery, and she resolved to obey her husband’s directions. Whatever the risk, if any, she was prepared to run it. A glass of water was brought, and the drops dropped in.
The effect, though not miraculous6, was remarkable7. In less than an hour she felt calmer, cooler, better able to reflect — less inclined to fret8 and chafe9 and wear herself away. She took a few drops more. From that time the fever retreated, and went out like a damped conflagration
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1 murmur | |
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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2 throbbing | |
a. 跳动的,悸动的 | |
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3 malady | |
n.病,疾病(通常做比喻) | |
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4 hue | |
n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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5 inscription | |
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文 | |
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6 miraculous | |
adj.像奇迹一样的,不可思议的 | |
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7 remarkable | |
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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8 fret | |
v.(使)烦恼;(使)焦急;(使)腐蚀,(使)磨损 | |
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9 chafe | |
v.擦伤;冲洗;惹怒 | |
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10 conflagration | |
n.建筑物或森林大火 | |
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11 arrogance | |
n.傲慢,自大 | |
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12 thither | |
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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13 descend | |
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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14 softening | |
变软,软化 | |
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15 anticipation | |
n.预期,预料,期望 | |
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16 abased | |
使谦卑( abase的过去式和过去分词 ); 使感到羞耻; 使降低(地位、身份等); 降下 | |
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17 intercourse | |
n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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18 complement | |
n.补足物,船上的定员;补语;vt.补充,补足 | |
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19 bestowed | |
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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20 wondrous | |
adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
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21 possessed | |
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22 hieroglyphs | |
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23 dense | |
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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24 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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25 bough | |
n.大树枝,主枝 | |
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26 lashing | |
n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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27 twigs | |
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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28 tainted | |
adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏 | |
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29 incipient | |
adj.起初的,发端的,初期的 | |
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30 stratum | |
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31 artifices | |
n.灵巧( artifice的名词复数 );诡计;巧妙办法;虚伪行为 | |
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32 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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33 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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34 insanity | |
n.疯狂,精神错乱;极端的愚蠢,荒唐 | |
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35 precipitated | |
v.(突如其来地)使发生( precipitate的过去式和过去分词 );促成;猛然摔下;使沉淀 | |
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36 inevitable | |
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37 defiant | |
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38 confession | |
n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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39 truce | |
n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束 | |
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40 fidelity | |
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41 passionate | |
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42 throbs | |
体内的跳动( throb的名词复数 ) | |
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43 avowal | |
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44 reprisal | |
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45 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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46 humiliation | |
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47 engendered | |
v.产生(某形势或状况),造成,引起( engender的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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48 admiration | |
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49 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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50 retired | |
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51 inflict | |
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52 innocence | |
n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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53 contingencies | |
n.偶然发生的事故,意外事故( contingency的名词复数 );以备万一 | |
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54 hazardous | |
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55 sensuous | |
adj.激发美感的;感官的,感觉上的 | |
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56 obliquity | |
n.倾斜度 | |
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57 suspense | |
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
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58 hovered | |
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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59 shutters | |
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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60 burnished | |
adj.抛光的,光亮的v.擦亮(金属等),磨光( burnish的过去式和过去分词 );被擦亮,磨光 | |
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61 musingly | |
adv.沉思地,冥想地 | |
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62 motives | |
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 ) | |
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63 generosity | |
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
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64 chivalrous | |
adj.武士精神的;对女人彬彬有礼的 | |
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65 imperative | |
n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的 | |
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