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Letter 22
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Southampton, Wednesday (January 7, 1807).
My dear Cassandra,—You were mistaken in supposing I should expect your letter on Sunday; I had no idea of hearing from you before Tuesday, and my pleasure yesterday was therefore unhurt by any previous disappointment. I thank[87] you for writing so much; you must really have sent me the value of two letters in one. We are extremely glad to hear that Elizabeth is so much better, and hope you will be sensible of still further amendment1 in her when you return from Canterbury.
Of your visit there I must now speak "incessantly2;" it surprises, but pleases me more, and I consider it as a very just and honorable distinction of you, and not less to the credit of Mrs. Knight3. I have no doubt of your spending your time with her most pleasantly in quiet and rational conversation, and am so far from thinking her expectations of you will be deceived, that my only fear is of your being so agreeable, so much to her taste, as to make her wish to keep you with her forever. If that should be the case, we must remove to Canterbury, which I should not like so well as Southampton.
When you receive this, our guests will be all gone or going; and I shall be left to the comfortable disposal of my time, to ease of mind from the torments4 of rice puddings and apple dumplings, and probably to regret that I did not take more pains to please them all.
Mrs. J. Austen has asked me to return with her to Steventon; I need not give my answer; and she has invited my mother to spend there the time of Mrs. F. A.'s confinement5, which she seems half inclined to do.
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A few days ago I had a letter from Miss Irvine, and as I was in her debt, you will guess it to be a remonstrance6, not a very severe one, however; the first page is in her usual retrospective, jealous, inconsistent style, but the remainder is chatty and harmless. She supposes my silence may have proceeded from resentment
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amendment
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n.改正,修正,改善,修正案 | |
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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(肉体或精神上的)折磨,痛苦( torment的名词复数 ); 造成痛苦的事物[人] | |
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confinement
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n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限 | |
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remonstrance
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recollect
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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eldest
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putrid
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professed
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adversary
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alterations
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defer
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admiration
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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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discourse
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n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述 | |
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explicit
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beech
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acting
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