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mere11 calmness of manner, with which sense had nothing to do. Towards her husband and mother she was the same as to them; and intimacy was, therefore, neither to be looked for nor desired. She had nothing to say one day that she had not said the day before. Her insipidity22 was invariable, for even her spirits were always the same; and though she did not oppose the parties arranged by her husband, provided everything were conducted in style, and her two eldest23 children attended her, she never appeared to receive more enjoyment24 from them than she might have experienced in sitting at home; and so little did her presence add to the pleasure of the others, by any share in their conversation, that they were sometimes only reminded of her being amongst them by her solicitude25 about her troublesome boys.
In Colonel Brandon alone, of all her new acquaintance, did Elinor find a person who could, in any degree, claim the respect of abilities, excite the interest of friendship, or give pleasure as a companion. Willoughby was out of the question. Her admiration and regard, even her sisterly regard, was all his own; but he was a lover; his attentions were wholly Marianne's, and a far less agreeable man might have been more generally pleasing. Colonel Brandon, unfortunately for himself, had no such encouragement to think only of Marianne, and in conversing26 with Elinor he found consolation27 for the indifference28 of her sister.
Elinor's compassion29 for him increased, as she had reason to suspect that the misery30 of disappointed love had already been known to him. This suspicion was given by some words which accidently dropped from him one evening at the Park, when they were sitting down together by
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n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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admiration
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propriety
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v.憎恶( abhor的过去式和过去分词 );(厌恶地)回避;拒绝;淘汰 | |
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concealment
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ridicule
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inclination
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(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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everlasting
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eldest
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conversing
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amiable
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atone
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melancholy
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