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Chapter XXII The Old Squire’s Troubles
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Affairs were going on worse at the Hall than Roger had liked to tell. Moreover, very much of the discomfort1 there arose from ‘mere manner,’ as people express it, which is always indescribable and indefinable. Quiet and passive as Mrs. Hamley had always been in appearance, she was the ruling spirit of the house as long as she lived. The directions to the servants, down to the most minute particulars, came from her sitting-room2, or from the sofa on which she lay. Her children always knew where to find her; and to find her, was to find love and sympathy. Her husband, who was often restless and angry from one cause or another, always came to her to be smoothed down and put right. He was conscious of her pleasant influence over him, and became at peace with himself when in her presence; just as a child is at ease when with some one who is both firm and gentle. But the keystone of the family arch was gone, and the stones of which it was composed began to fall apart. It is always sad when a sorrow of this kind seems to injure the character of the mourning survivors3. Yet, perhaps, this injury may be only temporary or superficial; the judgments5 so constantly passed upon the way people bear the loss of those whom they have deeply loved, appear to be even more cruel, and wrongly meted6 out, than human judgments generally are. To careless observers, for instance, it would seem as though the squire7 was rendered more capricious and exacting8, more passionate9 and authoritative10, by his wife’s death. The truth was, that it occurred at a time when many things came to harass
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discomfort
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n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便 | |
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remarkably
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怀恨(grudge的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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elegance
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enjoyment
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seclusion
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conqueror
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deficient
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adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的 | |
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humility
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eldest
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discord
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estrangement
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purely
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使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 ); 使更严重; 激怒; 使恼火 | |
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v.唾沫飞溅( sputter的过去式和过去分词 );发劈啪声;喷出;飞溅出 | |
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n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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considerably
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lessening
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vexed
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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