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Steventon, Monday night (December 24).
My dear Cassandra,—I have got some pleasant news for you which I am eager to communicate, and therefore begin my letter sooner, though I shall not send it sooner than usual.
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Admiral Gambier, in reply to my father's application, writes as follows: "As it is usual to keep young officers in small vessels1, it being most proper on account of their inexperience, and it being also a situation where they are more in the way of learning their duty, your son has been continued in the 'Scorpion2;' but I have mentioned to the Board of Admiralty his wish to be in a frigate3, and when a proper opportunity offers and it is judged that he has taken his turn in a small ship, I hope he will be removed. With regard to your son now in the 'London' I am glad I can give you the assurance that his promotion4 is likely to take place very soon, as Lord Spencer has been so good as to say he would include him in an arrangement that he proposes making in a short time relative to some promotions5 in that quarter."
There! I may now finish my letter and go and hang myself, for I am sure I can neither write nor do anything which will not appear insipid6 to you after this. Now I really think he will soon be made, and only wish we could communicate our foreknowledge of the event to him whom it principally concerns. My father has written to Daysh to desire that he will inform us, if he can, when the commission is sent. Your chief wish is now ready to be accomplished7; and could Lord Spencer give happiness to Martha at the same time, what a joyful8 heart he would make of yours!
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I have sent the same extract of the sweets of Gambier to Charles, who, poor fellow, though he sinks into nothing but an
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vessels
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n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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scorpion
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n.蝎子,心黑的人,蝎子鞭 | |
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frigate
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n.护航舰,大型驱逐舰 | |
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promotion
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n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传 | |
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promotions
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促进( promotion的名词复数 ); 提升; 推广; 宣传 | |
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insipid
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accomplished
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joyful
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humble
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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contented
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prospect
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torment
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conjectures
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推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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regularity
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liking
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eldest
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flirt
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fatigue
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enjoyment
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blessing
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