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The truth was that Mrs. Errol had found a great many sad things in the course of her work among the poor of the little village that appeared so picturesque1 when it was seen from the moor-sides. Everything was not as picturesque, when seen near by, as it looked from a distance. She had found idleness and poverty and ignorance where there should have been comfort and industry. And she had discovered, after a while, that Erleboro was considered to be the worst village in that part of the country. Mr. Mordaunt had told her a great many of his difficulties and discouragements, and she had found out a great deal by herself. The agents who had managed the property had always been chosen to please the Earl, and had cared nothing for the degradation2 and wretchedness of the poor tenants3. Many things, therefore, had been neglected which should have been attended to, and matters had gone from bad to worse.
As to Earl's Court, it was a disgrace, with its dilapidated houses and miserable4, careless, sickly people. When first Mrs. Errol went to the place, it made her shudder5. Such ugliness and slovenliness6 and want seemed worse in a country place than in a city. It seemed as if there it might be helped. And as she looked at the squalid, uncared-for children growing up in the midst of vice7 and brutal8 indifference9, she thought of her own little boy spending his days in the great, splendid castle, guarded and served like a young prince, having no wish ungratified, and knowing nothing but luxury and ease and beauty. And a bold thought came in her wise little mother-heart. Gradually she had begun to see, as had others, that it had been her boy's good fortune to please the Earl very much, and that he would scarcely be likely to be denied anything for which he expressed a desire.
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picturesque
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| adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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degradation
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tenants
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| adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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vice
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indifference
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inclination
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admiration
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benefactor
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rascal
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hearth
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| 小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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majestically
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| 雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地 | |
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burrows
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pony
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outspoken
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conning
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scrambled
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pang
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pangs
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| 突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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harry
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tinkling
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rumors
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gentry
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heartily
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amiability
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lame
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astonishment
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inviting
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velvet
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candid
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exclamation
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bent
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straightforwardness
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| 怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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lodge
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specimen
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humiliation
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delightful
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ornaments
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| n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 );点缀;装饰品;首饰v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) | |
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outright
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tiresome
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amazement
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countenance
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chambers
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| 眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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