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Chapter LIV Molly Gibson’s Worth is Discovered
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Mr. Gibson came in rubbing his hands after his frosty ride. Molly judged from the look in his eye that he had been fully1 informed of the present state of things at the Hall by some one. But he simply went up to and greeted the squire2, and waited to hear what was said to him. The squire was fumbling3 at the taper4 on the writing-table, and before he answered much he lighted it, and signing to his friend to follow him, he went softly to the sofa and showed him the sleeping child, taking the utmost care not to arouse it by flare5 or sound.
‘Well! this is a fine young gentleman,’ said Mr. Gibson, returning to the fire rather sooner than the squire expected. ‘And you’ve got the mother here, I understand. Mrs. Osborne Hamley, as we must call her, poor thing! It’s a sad coming home to her, for I hear she knew nothing of his death.’ He spoke6 without exactly addressing any one, so that either Molly or the squire might answer as they liked. The squire said —
‘Yes! She has felt it a terrible shock. She’s upstairs in the best bedroom. I should like you to see her, Gibson, if she’ll let you. We must do our duty by her, for my poor lad’s sake. I wish he could have seen his boy lying there; I do. I daresay it preyed7 on him to have to keep it all to himself. He might ha’ known me, though. He might ha’ known my bark was waur than my bite. It’s all over now, though; and God forgive me if I was too sharp. I’m punished now.’
Molly grew impatient on the mother’s behalf.
‘Papa, I feel as if she was very ill; perhaps worse than we think. Will you go and see her at once?’
Mr. Gibson followed her upstairs, and the squire came too, thinking that he would do his duty now, and even feeling some self-satisfaction at conquering his desire to stay with the child. They went into the room where she had been taken. She lay quite still in the same position as at first. Her eyes were open and tearless,
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adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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caressingly
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病人,残疾者( invalid的名词复数 ) | |
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预期( anticipation的名词复数 ); 预测; (信托财产收益的)预支; 预期的事物 | |
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immediate
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逮捕,拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 ); 理解 | |
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