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Steventon, Saturday (October 27).
My dear Cassandra,—Your letter was a most agreeable surprise to me to-day, and I have taken a long sheet of paper to show my gratitude1.
We arrived here yesterday between four and five, but I cannot send you quite so triumphant2 an account of our last day's journey as of the first[28] and second. Soon after I had finished my letter from Staines, my mother began to suffer from the exercise or fatigue3 of travelling, and she was a good deal indisposed. She had not a very good night at Staines, but bore her journey better than I had expected, and at Basingstoke, where we stopped more than half an hour, received much comfort from a mess of broth4 and the sight of Mr. Lyford, who recommended her to take twelve drops of laudanum when she went to bed as a composer, which she accordingly did.
James called on us just as we were going to tea, and my mother was well enough to talk very cheerfully to him before she went to bed. James seems to have taken to his old trick of coming to Steventon in spite of Mary's reproaches, for he was here before breakfast and is now paying us a second visit. They were to have dined here to-day, but the weather is too bad. I have had the pleasure of hearing that Martha is with them. James fetched her from Ibthorp on Thursday, and she will stay with them till she removes to Kintbury.
We met with no adventures at all in our journey yesterday, except that our trunk had once nearly slipped off, and we were obliged to stop at Hartley to have our wheels greased.
Whilst my mother and Mr. Lyford were together I went to Mrs. Ryder's and bought what I intended to buy, but not in much perfection. There were[29] no narrow braces5 for children, and scarcely any notting silk; but Miss Wood, as usual, is going to town very soon, and will lay in a fresh stock. I gave 2s. 3d. a yard for my flannel6, and I fancy it is not very good, but it is so disgraceful and contemptible7
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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triumphant
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adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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fatigue
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n.疲劳,劳累 | |
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broth
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n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等) | |
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braces
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n.吊带,背带;托架( brace的名词复数 );箍子;括弧;(儿童)牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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flannel
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n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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contemptible
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adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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unpacked
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v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等) | |
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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dilatoriness
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attachment
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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durable
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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binding
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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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dame
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n.女士 | |
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staples
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n.(某国的)主要产品( staple的名词复数 );钉书钉;U 形钉;主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 ) | |
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prodigious
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adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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innate
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adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的 | |
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virtue
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n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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