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Chapter XXI The Half-Sisters
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It appeared as if Mrs. Gibson’s predictions were likely to be verified; for Osborne Hamley found his way to her drawing-room pretty frequently. To be sure, sometimes prophets can help on the fulfilment of their own prophecies; and Mrs. Gibson was not passive.
Molly was altogether puzzled by his manners and ways. He spoke1 of occasional absences from the Hall, without exactly saying where he had been. But that was not her idea of the conduct of a married man, who, she imagined, ought to have a house and servants, and pay rent and taxes, and live with his wife. Who this mysterious wife might be, faded into insignificance2 before the wonder of where she was. London, Cambridge, Dover, nay3 even France, were mentioned by him as places to which he had been on these different little journeys. These facts came out quite casually4, almost as if he was unaware5 of what he was betraying; sometimes he dropped out such sentences as these:—‘Ah, that would be the day I was crossing! It was stormy, indeed! Instead of our being only two hours, we were nearly five.’ Or, ‘I met Lord Hollingford at Dover last week, and he said,’ &c. ‘The cold now is nothing to what it was in London on Thursday — the thermometer was down at 15 degrees.’ Perhaps, in the rapid flow of conversation, these small revelations were noticed by no one but Molly; whose interest and curiosity were always hovering6 over the secret she had become possessed7 of, in spite of all her self-reproach for allowing her thoughts to dwell on what was still to be kept as a mystery.
It was also evident to her that Osborne was not too happy at home. He had lost the slight touch of cynicism which he had affected8 when he was expected to do wonders at college; and that was one good result of his failure. If he did not give himself the trouble of appreciating other people, and their performances, at any rate his conversation was not so amply sprinkled with critical pepper. He was more absent, not so agreeable, Mrs. Gibson thought, but did not say. He looked ill in health; but that might be the consequence of the real depression of spirits which Molly occasionally saw peeping out through all his pleasant surface-talk. Now and then, he referred to ‘the happy days that are gone,’ or, ‘to the time when my mother was alive,’ when talking directly to her; and then his voice sank, and a gloom came over his
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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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n.不重要;无价值;无意义 | |
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adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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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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countenance
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allusion
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passionate
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friendliness
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peculiar
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preeminent
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admiration
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wrangler
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persevering
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gentry
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refinement
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sate
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innocence
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armour
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prone
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acting
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animated
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arbiter
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dealing
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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sobriquet
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gambling
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provident
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adj.为将来做准备的,有先见之明的 | |
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alluding
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提及,暗指( allude的现在分词 ) | |
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kindly
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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helping
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refreshments
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tempting
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entreaties
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entreated
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恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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trifling
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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piqued
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v.伤害…的自尊心( pique的过去式和过去分词 );激起(好奇心) | |
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impartial
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belied
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formerly
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intimacy
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abominable
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perfectly
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apron
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wrench
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virtues
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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conditional
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