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The ball was over, and the breakfast was soon over too; the last kiss was given, and William was gone. Mr. Crawford had, as he foretold1, been very punctual, and short and pleasant had been the meal.
After seeing William to the last moment, Fanny walked back to the breakfast-room with a very saddened heart to grieve over the melancholy2 change; and there her uncle kindly3 left her to cry in peace, conceiving, perhaps, that the deserted4 chair of each young man might exercise her tender enthusiasm, and that the remaining cold pork bones and mustard in William's plate might but divide her feelings with the broken egg-shells in Mr. Crawford's. She sat and cried _con_ _amore_ as her uncle intended, but it was _con_ _amore_ fraternal and no other. William was gone, and she now felt as if she had wasted half his visit in idle cares and selfish solicitudes5 unconnected with him.
Fanny's disposition6 was such that she could never even think of her aunt Norris in the meagreness and cheerlessness of her own small house, without reproaching herself for some little want of attention to her when they had been last together; much less could her feelings acquit7 her of having done and said and thought everything by William that was due to him for a whole fortnight.
It was a heavy, melancholy day. Soon after the second breakfast, Edmund bade them good-bye for a week, and mounted his horse for Peterborough, and then all were gone. Nothing remained of last night but remembrances, which she had nobody to share in. She talked to her aunt Bertram-- she must talk to somebody of the ball; but her aunt had seen so little of what had passed, and had so little curiosity, that it was heavy work. Lady Bertram was not certain of anybody's dress or anybody's place at supper but her own. "She could not recollect8 what it was that she had heard about one of the Miss Maddoxes, or what it was that Lady Prescott had noticed in Fanny: she was not sure whether Colonel Harrison had been talking of Mr. Crawford or of William when he said he was the finest young man in the room-- somebody had whispered something to her; she had forgot to ask Sir Thomas what it could be." And these were her longest speeches and clearest communications: the rest was only a languid "Yes, yes; very well; did you? did he? I did not see _that_; I should not know one from the other." This was very bad. It was only better than Mrs. Norris's sharp answers would have been; but she being gone home with all the supernumerary jellies to nurse a sick maid, there was peace and good-humour in their little party, though it could not boast much beside.
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n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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n.关心,挂念,渴望( solicitude的名词复数 ) | |
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n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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harp
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languor
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longing
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lamenting
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adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 ) | |
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prospect
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n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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v.取得;导出;引申;来自;源自;出自 | |
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animated
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adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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defer
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vt.推迟,拖延;vi.(to)遵从,听从,服从 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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solitary
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indifference
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alacrity
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n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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vi.犯错误,出差错 | |
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