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CHAPTER XXX When the Curtain Lifted
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IT would be pleasant to be able to record that after the reconciliation1 in the lookout2 Emily and Aunt Elizabeth lived in entire amity3 and harmony. But the truth was that things went on pretty much the same as before. Emily went softly, and tried to mingle4 serpent’s wisdom and dove’s harmlessness in practical proportions, but their points of view were so different that there were bound to be clashes; they did not speak the same language, so there was bound to be misunderstanding.
And yet there was a difference—a very vital difference. Elizabeth Murray had learned an important lesson—that there was not one law of fairness for children and another for grown-ups. She continued to be as autocratic as ever—but she did not do or say to Emily anything she would not have done or said to Laura had occasion called for it.
Emily, on her side, had discovered the fact that, under all her surface coldness and sternness, Aunt Elizabeth really had an affection for her; and it was wonderful what a difference this made. It took the sting out of Aunt Elizabeth’s “ways” and words and healed entirely6 a certain little half-conscious sore spot that had been in Emily’s heart ever since the incident of the drawn7 slips at Maywood.
“I don’t believe I’m a duty to Aunt Elizabeth any more,” she thought exultantly8.
Emily grew rapidly that summer in body, mind and soul. Life was delightful9, growing richer every hour, like an unfolding rose. Forms of beauty filled her imagination and were transferred as best she could to paper, though they were never so lovely there, and Emily had
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the heartbreaking moments of the true artist who discovers that
“Never on painter’s canvas lives
The charm of his fancy’s dream.”
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reconciliation
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lookout
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毁坏或亵渎( desecrate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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sitting-room
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WHIMS
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虚妄,禅病 | |
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innuendo
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decency
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follies
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belle
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malady
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foe
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mere
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imploring
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dread
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possessed
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slumber
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shriek
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penetrated
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flannel
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gasped
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soothe
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crimson
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shrilly
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soothingly
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