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Such feelings as were generated in Carrie by this walk put her in an exceedingly receptive mood for the pathos1 which followed in the play. The actor whom they had gone to see had achieved his popularity by presenting a mellow2 type of comedy, in which sufficient sorrow was introduced to lend contrast and relief to humour. For Carrie, as we well know, the stage had a great attraction. She had never forgotten her one histrionic achievement in Chicago. It dwelt in her mind and occupied her consciousness during many long afternoons in which her rocking-chair and her latest novel contributed the only pleasures of her state. Never could she witness a play without having her own ability vividly3 brought to consciousness. Some scenes made her long to be a part of them -- to give expression to the feelings which she, in the place of the character represented, would feel. Almost invariably she would carry the vivid imaginations away with her and brood over them the next day alone. She lived as much in these things as in the realities which made up her daily life.
It was not often that she came to the play stirred to her heart's core by actualities. To-day a low song of longing4 had been set singing in her heart by the finery, the merriment, the beauty she had seen. Oh, these women who had passed her by, hundreds and hundreds strong, who were they? Whence came the rich, elegant dresses, the astonishingly coloured buttons, the knick-knacks of silver and gold? Where were these lovely creatures housed? Amid what elegancies of carved furniture, decorated walls, elaborate tapestries5 did they move? Where were their rich apartments, loaded with all that money could provide? In what stables champed these sleek6, nervous horses and rested the gorgeous carriages? Where lounged the richly groomed7 footmen? Oh, the mansions8, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! New York must be filled with such

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pangs
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jealousy
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gilded
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enticing
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affected
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folly
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n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝 | |
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dames
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portrayed
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equanimity
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dressing
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关于( pertain的第三人称单数 ); 有关; 存在; 适用 | |
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friendliness
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desultory
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plaza
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luncheon
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gastronomy
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aglow
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sufficiently
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incandescent
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gilt
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wasteful
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astonishment
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elegance
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