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LXIV "NOW, MR. BRICK-MASON,--"
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Amid the much coming and going that troubled Israel--tramp of spurred boots, clank of sabres, seeking, meeting and parting of couriers and aides--Madame Valcour, outwardly placid1, inwardly terrified, found opportunity to warn her granddaughter, softly, that unless she, the granddaughter, could get that look of done-for agony out of her eyes, the sooner and farther they fled this whole issue, this fearful entanglement2, the better for them.
But brave Flora3, knowing the look was no longer in the eyes alone but had for days eaten into her visage as age had for decades into the grandam's, made no vain effort to paint it out with smiles but accepted and wore it in show of a desperate solicitude4 for Anna. Yet this, too, was futile5, and before Doctor Sevier had exchanged five words with her she saw that to him the make-up was palpable and would be so to Greenleaf. Poor Flora! She had wrestled6 her victims to the edge of a precipice7, yet it was she who at this moment, this dazzling September morning, seemed doomed8 to go first over the brink9. Had not both Hilary and Anna met again this Greenleaf and through him found answer for all their burning questions? She could not doubt her web of deceptions10 had been torn to shreds11, cast to the winds. Not one of the three could she now hope to confront successfully, much less any two of them together. To name no earlier reason--having reached town just as Kincaid was being sent out of it, she had got him detained on a charge so
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placid
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entanglement
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flora
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n.(某一地区的)植物群 | |
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solicitude
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futile
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adj.无效的,无用的,无希望的 | |
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wrestled
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v.(与某人)搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 );扭成一团;扭打;(与…)摔跤 | |
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precipice
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n.悬崖,危急的处境 | |
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doomed
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brink
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n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿 | |
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deceptions
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欺骗( deception的名词复数 ); 骗术,诡计 | |
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v.撕碎,切碎( shred的第三人称单数 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件) | |
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frivolous
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adj.轻薄的;轻率的 | |
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contrive
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vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出 | |
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fugitive
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adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者 | |
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deported
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v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 );举止 | |
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outgrew
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长[发展] 得超过(某物)的范围( outgrow的过去式 ); 长[发展]得不能再要(某物); 长得比…快; 生长速度超过 | |
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chagrin
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n.懊恼;气愤;委屈 | |
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frenzy
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n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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wager
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n.赌注;vt.押注,打赌 | |
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bustle
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v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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torment
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n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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avaricious
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adj.贪婪的,贪心的 | |
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irreconcilable
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adj.(指人)难和解的,势不两立的 | |
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distress
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n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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dagger
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n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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marvelling
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v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的现在分词 ) | |
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tardiness
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chafed
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v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的过去式 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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plight
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n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定 | |
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scant
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adj.不充分的,不足的;v.减缩,限制,忽略 | |
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vows
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誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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picket
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scout
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n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索 | |
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marsh
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patriotic
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preoccupied
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adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式) | |
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glided
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niche
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n.壁龛;合适的职务(环境、位置等) | |
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rigidly
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veranda
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incessant
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gal
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ardent
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spoke
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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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furtively
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adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地 | |
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exaltedly
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得意忘形地 | |
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stiffened
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beseeching
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adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 ) | |
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enraptured
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v.使狂喜( enrapture的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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ecstasy
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n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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cisterns
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n.蓄水池,储水箱( cistern的名词复数 );地下储水池 | |
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drowsily
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adv.睡地,懒洋洋地,昏昏欲睡地 | |
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crouching
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v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 ) | |
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query
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n.疑问,问号,质问;vt.询问,表示怀疑 | |
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gravy
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n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快 | |
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remains
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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knuckles
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n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝 | |
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recapitulate
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v.节述要旨,择要说明 | |
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toiling
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diligent
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gallant
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adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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tinkle
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peril
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n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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