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CHAPTER III A Hop out of Kin
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DOUGLAS STARR lived two weeks more. In after years when the pain had gone out of their recollection, Emily thought they were the most precious of her memories. They were beautiful weeks—beautiful and not sad. And one night, when he was lying on the
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couch in the sitting-room1, with Emily beside him in the old wing-chair, he went past the curtain—went so quietly and easily that Emily did not know he was gone until she suddenly felt the strange stillness of the room—there was no breathing in it but her own.
“Father—Father!” she cried. Then she screamed for Ellen.
Ellen Greene told the Murrays when they came that Emily had behaved real well, when you took everything into account. To be sure, she had cried all night and hadn’t slept a wink2; none of the Maywood people who came flocking kindly3 in to help could comfort her; but when morning came her tears were all shed. She was pale and quiet and docile4.
“That’s right, now,” said Ellen, “that’s what comes of being properly prepared. Your pa was so mad at me for warning you that he wasn’t rightly civil to me since—and him a dying man. But I don’t hold any grudge5 against him. I did my duty. Mrs. Hubbard’s fixing up a black dress for you and it’ll be ready by supper time. Your ma’s people will be here tonight, so they’ve telegraphed, and I’m bound they’ll find you looking respectable. They’re well off and they’ll provide for you. Your pa hasn’t left a cent but there ain’t any debts, I’ll say that for him. Have you been in to see the body?”
“Don’t call him that,” cried Emily, wincing6. It was horrible to hear Father called that.
“Why not? If you ain’t the queerest child! He makes a better looking corpse7 than I thought he would, what with being so wasted and all. He was always a pretty man, though too thin.”
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赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的现在分词 ) | |
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deliberately
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housekeeper
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tablecloth
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tablecloths
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curiously
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saucy
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determined
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gasped
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sarcastically
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triumphantly
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desolate
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rigidly
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desperately
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rosy
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genially
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haughtily
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chuckle
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infinitely
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sniff
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vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视 | |
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thawed
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sniffed
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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glossy
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hearty
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pussy
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austere
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severely
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meek
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