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Rowling, Thursday (September 15).
My dear Cassandra,—We have been very gay since I wrote last; dining at Nackington, returning by moonlight, and everything quite in style, not to mention Mr. Claringbould's funeral which we saw go by on Sunday. I believe I told you in a former letter that Edward had some idea of taking the name of Claringbould; but that scheme is over, though it would be a very eligible1 as well as a very pleasant plan, would any one advance him money enough to begin on. We rather expected Mr. Milles to have done so on Tuesday; but to our great surprise nothing was said on the subject, and unless it is in your power to assist your brother with five or six hundred pounds, he must entirely2 give up the idea.
At Nackington we met Lady Sondes' picture over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, and the pictures of her three children in an ante-room, besides Mr. Scott, Miss Fletcher, Mr. Toke, Mr. J. Toke, and the archdeacon Lynch. Miss Fletcher and I were very thick, but I am the thinnest of[19] the two. She wore her purple muslin, which is pretty enough, though it does not become her complexion3. There are two traits in her character which are pleasing,—namely, she admires Camilla, and drinks no cream in her tea. If you should ever see Lucy, you may tell her that I scolded Miss Fletcher for her negligence4 in writing, as she desired me to do, but without being able to bring her to any proper sense of shame,—that Miss Fletcher says, in her defence, that as everybody whom Lucy knew when she was in Canterbury has now left it, she has nothing at all to write to her about. By everybody, I suppose Miss Fletcher means that a new set of officers have arrived there. But this is a note of my own.
Mrs. Milles, Mr. John Toke, and in short everybody of any sensibility inquired in tender strains after you, and I took an opportunity of assuring Mr. J. T. that neither he nor his father need longer keep themselves single for you.
We went in our two carriages to Nackington; but how we divided I shall leave you to surmise5, merely observing that as Elizabeth and I were without either hat or bonnet
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eligible
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adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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complexion
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n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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negligence
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n.疏忽,玩忽,粗心大意 | |
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surmise
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v./n.猜想,推测 | |
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bonnet
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n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式 | |
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melancholy
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n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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abode
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professed
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公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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cork
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n.软木,软木塞 | |
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Christian
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adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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fatigue
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n.疲劳,劳累 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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brace
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n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备 | |
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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