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"The place, Fanny, is what you will not quit, though you quit the house. You will have as free a command of the park and gardens as ever. Even _your_ constant little heart need not take fright at such a nominal25 change. You will have the same walks to frequent, the same library to choose from, the same people to look at, the same horse to ride."
"Very true. Yes, dear old grey pony26! Ah! cousin, when I remember how much I used to dread27 riding, what terrors it gave me to hear it talked of as likely to do me good (oh! how I have trembled at my uncle's opening his lips if horses were talked of), and then think of the kind pains you took to reason and persuade me out of my fears, and convince me that I should like it after a little while, and feel how right you proved to be, I am inclined to hope you may always prophesy28 as well."
"And I am quite convinced that your being with Mrs. Norris will be as good for your mind as riding has been for your health, and as much for your ultimate happiness too."
So ended their discourse29, which, for any very appropriate service it could render Fanny, might as well have been spared, for Mrs. Norris had not the smallest intention of taking her. It had never occurred to her, on the present occasion, but as a thing to be carefully avoided. To prevent its being expected, she had fixed30 on the smallest habitation which could rank as genteel among the buildings of Mansfield parish, the White House being only just large enough to receive herself and her servants, and allow a spare room for a friend, of which she made a very particular point. The spare rooms at the Parsonage had never been wanted, but the absolute necessity of a spare room for a friend was now never forgotten. Not all her precautions, however, could save her from being suspected of something better; or, perhaps, her very display of the importance of a spare room might have misled Sir Thomas to suppose it really intended for Fanny. Lady Bertram soon brought the matter to a certainty by carelessly observing to Mrs. Norris--
"I think, sister, we need not keep Miss Lee any longer, when Fanny goes to live with you."
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n.改动( alteration的名词复数 );更改;变化;改变 | |
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n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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eldest
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adj.有用的,有利的;n.紧急的办法,权宜之计 | |
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procure
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vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条 | |
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secondly
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adj.中风的;愤怒的;n.中风患者 | |
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eligibility
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faltering
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distress
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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improperly
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adj.名义上的;(金额、租金)微不足道的 | |
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pony
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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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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syllable
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n.音节;vt.分音节 | |
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encumbrance
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perfectly
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allusion
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possessed
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advantageous
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economist
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canvassed
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v.(在政治方面)游说( canvass的过去式和过去分词 );调查(如选举前选民的)意见;为讨论而提出(意见等);详细检查 | |
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pecuniary
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adj.金钱的;金钱上的 | |
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watchful
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judgment
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solicitude
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fatiguing
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a.使人劳累的 | |
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shameful
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adj.可耻的,不道德的 | |
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mortification
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