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ONE of the first considerations which arose in the business mind of Mr. Lorry when business hours came round, was this:--that he had no right to imperil Tellson's by sheltering the wife of an emigrant1 prisoner under the Bank roof. His own possessions, safety, life, he would have hazarded for Lucie and her child, without a moment's demur2; but the great trust he held was not his own, and as to that business charge he was a strict man of business.
At first, his mind reverted3 to Defarge, and he thought of finding out the wine-shop again and taking counsel with its master in reference to the safest dwelling-place in the distracted state of the city. But, the same consideration that suggested him, repudiated4 him; he lived in the most violent Quarter, and doubtless was influential5 there, and deep in its dangerous workings.
Noon coming, and the Doctor not returning, and every minute's delay tending to compromise, Tellson's, Mr. Lorry advised with Lucie. She said that her father had spoken of hiring a lodging7 for a short term, in that Quarter, near the Banking-house. As there was no business objection to this, and as he foresaw that even if it were all well with Charles, and he were to be released, he could not hope to leave the city, Mr. Lorry went out in quest of such a lodging, and found a suitable one, high up in a removed by-street where the closed blinds in all the other windows of a high melancholy8 square of buildings marked deserted9 homes.
To this lodging he at once removed Lucie and her child, and Miss Pross: giving them what comfort he could, and much more than he had himself. He left Jerry with them, as a figure to fill a doorway10 that would bear considerable knocking on the head, and returned to his own occupations. A disturbed and doleful mind he brought to bear upon them, and slowly and heavily the day lagged on with him.
1 emigrant | |
adj.移居的,移民的;n.移居外国的人,移民 | |
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2 demur | |
v.表示异议,反对 | |
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3 reverted | |
恢复( revert的过去式和过去分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还 | |
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4 repudiated | |
v.(正式地)否认( repudiate的过去式和过去分词 );拒绝接受;拒绝与…往来;拒不履行(法律义务) | |
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5 influential | |
adj.有影响的,有权势的 | |
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6 spoke | |
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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7 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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8 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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9 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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10 doorway | |
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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adj.被鼓动的,不安的 | |
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12 scrap | |
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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13 joyfully | |
adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地 | |
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14 curiously | |
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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15 dubiously | |
adv.可疑地,怀疑地 | |
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16 vengeance | |
n.报复,报仇,复仇 | |
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17 ascended | |
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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18 passionate | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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19 bosom | |
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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21 reassuring | |
a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的,使人放心的 | |
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22 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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23 acquiescence | |
n.默许;顺从 | |
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24 propitiate | |
v.慰解,劝解 | |
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25 distress | |
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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26 bestowed | |
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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27 heed | |
v.注意,留意;n.注意,留心 | |
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28 instinctively | |
adv.本能地 | |
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29 touching | |
adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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30 implore | |
vt.乞求,恳求,哀求 | |
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31 suppliant | |
adj.哀恳的;n.恳求者,哀求者 | |
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32 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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