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CHAPTER XXXI Emily’s Great Moment
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EMILY’S convalescence1 was rather slow. Physically2 she recovered with normal celerity but a certain spiritual and emotional languor3 persisted for a time. One cannot go down to the depths of hidden things and escape the penalty. Aunt Elizabeth said she “moped.” But Emily was too happy and contented4 to mope. It was just that life seemed to have lost its savour for a time, as if some spring of vital energy had been drained out of it and refilled slowly.
She had, just then, no one to play with. Perry, Ilse and Teddy had all come down with measles5 the same day. Mrs. Kent at first declared bitterly that Teddy had caught them at New Moon, but all three had contracted them at a Sunday School picnic where Derry Pond children had been. That picnic infected all Blair Water. There was a perfect orgy of measles. Teddy and Ilse were only moderately ill, but Perry, who had insisted on going home to Aunt Tom at the first symptoms, nearly died. Emily was not allowed to know his danger until it had passed, lest it worry her too much. Even Aunt Elizabeth worried over it. She was surprised to discover how much they missed Perry round the place.
It was fortunate for Emily that Dean Priest was in Blair Water during this forlorn time. His companionship was just what she needed and helped her wonderfully on the road to complete recovery. They
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went for long walks together all over Blair Water, with Tweed woofing around them, and explored places and roads Emily had never seen before. They watched a young moon grow old, night by night; they talked in dim scented6 chambers7 of twilight8 over long red roads of mystery; they followed the lure9 of hill winds; they saw the stars rise and Dean told her all about them—the great
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convalescence
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gossamer
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minion
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onward
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luring
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吸引,引诱(lure的现在分词形式) | |
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mighty
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distinguished
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enchanting
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chuckle
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frantic
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sketch
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