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CHAPTER X.
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The next morning, Miss Galindo made her appearance, and, by some mistake, unusual in my lady’s well-trained servants, was shown into the room where I was trying to walk; for a certain amount of exercise was prescribed for me, painful although the exertion1 had become.
She brought a little basket along with her; and while the footman was gone to inquire my lady’s wishes (for I don’t think that Lady Ludlow expected Miss Galindo so soon to assume her clerkship; nor, indeed, had Mr. Horner any work of any kind ready for his new assistant to do), she launched out into conversation with me.
“It was a sudden summons, my dear! However, as I have often said to myself, ever since an occasion long ago, if Lady Ludlow ever honours me by asking for my right hand, I’ll cut it off, and wrap the stump2 up so tidily she shall never find out it bleeds. But, if I had had a little more time, I could have mended my pens better.{221} You see, I have had to sit up pretty late to get these sleeves made”—and she took out of her basket a pair of brown-holland over-sleeves, very much such as a grocer’s apprentice3 wears—“and I had only time to make seven or eight pens, out of some quills4 Farmer Thomson gave me last autumn. As for ink, I’m thankful to say, that’s always ready; an ounce of steel filings, an ounce of nut-gall, and a pint5 of water (tea, if you’re extravagant6, which, thank Heaven! I’m not), put all in a bottle, and hang it up behind the house door, so that the whole gets a good shaking every time you slam it to—and even if you are in a passion and bang it, as Sally and I often do, it is all the better for it—and there’s my ink ready for use; ready to write my lady’s will with, if need be.”
“O, Miss Galindo!” said I, “don’t talk so; my lady’s will! and she not dead yet.”
“And if she were, what would be the use of talking of making her will! Now, if you were Sally, I should say, ‘Answer me that, you goose!’ But, as you’re a relation of my lady’s, I must be civil, and only say, ‘I can’t think how you can talk so like a fool!’ To be sure, poor thing, you’re
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exertion
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壁龛( niche的名词复数 ); 合适的位置[工作等]; (产品的)商机; 生态位(一个生物所占据的生境的最小单位) | |
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dissenter
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n.钱,钞票( rhino的名词复数 );犀牛(=rhinoceros);犀牛( rhinoceros的名词复数 );脸皮和犀牛皮一样厚 | |
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embarking
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乘船( embark的现在分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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tinge
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meditate
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v.想,考虑,(尤指宗教上的)沉思,冥想 | |
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meditating
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a.沉思的,冥想的 | |
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走遍(某地)搜寻(人或物)( scour的过去式和过去分词 ); (用力)刷; 擦净; 擦亮 | |
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accurately
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salvation
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blasphemy
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n.亵渎,渎神 | |
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经文,圣典( scripture的名词复数 ); 经典 | |
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superstition
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斜视症( squint的名词复数 ); 瞥 | |
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nay
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seduce
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longing
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doctrines
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n.教条( doctrine的名词复数 );教义;学说;(政府政策的)正式声明 | |
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presumption
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arrogance
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plunged
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disapproves
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dilated
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decided
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obstinate
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retract
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vt.缩回,撤回收回,取消 | |
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pretext
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pious
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reverence
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etiquette
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straightforward
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adj.正直的,坦率的;易懂的,简单的 | |
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brutal
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adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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guilt
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n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责 | |
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utterly
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agitated
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distressed
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distress
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kindly
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humility
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conceited
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agitation
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leasehold
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feudal
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manor
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submission
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conceal
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irritation
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annoyance
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impatience
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exhausted
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perfectly
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conscientiousness
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displeased
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