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attachment14 were now as disgusting as her excuses were empty, and her demands impudent15. "Write to James on her behalf! No, James should never hear Isabella's name mentioned by her again."
On Henry's arrival from Woodston, she made known to him and Eleanor their brother's safety, congratulating them with sincerity16 on it, and reading aloud the most material passages of her letter with strong indignation. When she had finished it -- "So much for Isabella," she cried, "and for all our intimacy17! She must think me an idiot, or she could not have written so; but perhaps this has served to make her character better known to me than mine is to her. I see what she has been about. She is a vain coquette, and her tricks have not answered. I do not believe she had ever any regard either for James or for me, and I wish I had never known her."
"It will soon be as if you never had," said Henry.
"There is but one thing that I cannot understand. I see that she has had designs on Captain Tilney, which have not succeeded; but I do not understand what Captain Tilney has been about all this time. Why should he pay her such attentions as to make her quarrel with my brother, and then fly off himself?"
"I have very little to say for Frederick's motives18, such as I believe them to have been. He has his vanities as well as Miss Thorpe, and the chief difference is, that, having a stronger head, they have not yet injured himself. If the effect of his behaviour does not justify19 him with you, we had better not seek after the cause."
"Then you do not suppose he ever really cared about her?"
"I am persuaded that he never did."
"And only made believe to do so for mischief's sake?"
"Well, then, I must say that I do not like him at all. Though it has turned out so well for us, I do not like him at all. As it happens, there is no great harm done, because I do not think Isabella has any heart to lose. But, suppose he had made her very much in love with him?"
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adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
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n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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frightful
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n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作 | |
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abhor
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v.憎恶;痛恨 | |
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adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的,不坚定的 | |
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adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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impudent
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adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的,厚颜无耻的 | |
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sincerity
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intimacy
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v.批准,认可;n.批准,认可 | |
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adj.反常的;乖戾的;(变)弯曲的;变形的v.弄弯,变歪( warp的过去式和过去分词 );使(行为等)不合情理,使乖戾, | |
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