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THE death of Mrs Maidan occurred on the 4th of August, 1904. And then nothing happened until the 4th of August, 1913. There is the curious coincidence of dates, but I do not know whether that is one of those sinister1, as if half jocular and altogether merciless proceedings2 on the part of a cruel Providence4 that we call a coincidence. Because it may just as well have been the superstitious5 mind of Florence that forced her to certain acts, as if she had been hypnotized. It is, however, certain that the 4th of August always proved a significant date for her. To begin with, she was born on the 4th of August. Then, on that date, in the year 1899, she set out with her uncle for the tour round the world in company with a young man called Jimmy. But that was not merely a coincidence. Her kindly7 old uncle, with the supposedly damaged heart, was in his delicate way, offering her, in this trip, a birthday present to celebrate her coming of age. Then, on the 4th of August, 1900, she yielded to an action that certainly coloured her whole life—as well as mine. She had no luck. She was probably offering herself a birthday present that morning....
On the 4th of August, 1901, she married me, and set sail for Europe in a great gale8 of wind—the gale that affected9 her heart. And no doubt there, again, she was offering herself a birthday gift—the birthday gift of my miserable10 life. It occurs to me that I have never told you anything about my marriage. That was like this: I have told you, as I think, that I first met Florence at the Stuyvesants', in Fourteenth Street. And, from that moment, I determined11 with all the
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最初地,自学而成地 | |
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perfectly
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extraordinarily
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infamous
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mansion
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exhausted
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triumphant
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stimulating
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极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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lurking
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aspiration
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stewardess
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discreetly
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manifestations
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motive
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conspiracy
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doom
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blackmailer
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