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Letter 49
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Godmersham Park, Thursday (Oct. 14).
My dearest Cassandra,—Now I will prepare for Mr. Lushington, and as it will be wisest also to prepare for his not coming, or my not getting a frank, I shall write very close from the first, and even leave room for the seal in the proper place. When I have followed up my last with this I shall feel somewhat less unworthy of you than the state of our correspondence now requires.
I left off in a great hurry to prepare for our morning visits. Of course was ready a good deal the first, and need not have hurried so much. Fanny wore her new gown and cap. I was surprised to find Mystole so pretty.
The ladies were at home. I was in luck, and saw Lady Fagg and all her five daughters, with an old Mrs. Hamilton, from Canterbury, and Mrs. and Miss Chapman, from Margate, into the bargain. I never saw so plain a family,—five sisters so very plain! They are as plain as the Foresters, or the Franfraddops, or the Seagraves, or the Rivers, excluding Sophy. Miss Sally Fagg has a pretty figure, and that comprises all the good looks of the family.
It was stupidish; Fanny did her part very well, but there was a lack of talk altogether, and the[218] three friends in the house only sat by and looked at us. However, Miss Chapman's name is Laura, and she had a double flounce to her gown. You really must get some flounces. Are not some of your large stock of white morning gowns just in a happy state for a flounce—too short? Nobody at home at either house in Chilham.
Edward Bridges and his friend did not forget to arrive. The friend is a Mr. Wigram, one of the three-and-twenty children of a great rich mercantile, Sir Robert Wigram, an old acquaintance of the Footes, but very recently known to Edward B. The history of his coming here is, that, intending to go from Ramsgate to Brighton, Edw. B. persuaded him to take Lenham on his way, which gave him the convenience of Mr. W.'s gig, and the comfort of not being alone there; but, probably thinking a few days of Gm. would be the cheapest and pleasantest way of entertaining his friend and himself, offered a visit here, and here they stay till to-morrow.
Mr. W. is about five or six-and-twenty, not ill-looking, and not agreeable. He is certainly no addition. A sort of cool, gentlemanlike manner, but very silent. They say his name is Henry, a proof how unequally the gifts of fortune are bestowed1. I have seen many a John and Thomas much more agreeable.
We have got rid of Mr. R. Mascall, however. I[219] did not like him, either. He talks too much, and is conceited2, besides having a vulgarly shaped mouth. He slept here on Tuesday, so that yesterday Fanny and I sat down to breakfast with six gentlemen to admire us.
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1 bestowed | |
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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2 conceited | |
adj.自负的,骄傲自满的 | |
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3 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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4 dressing | |
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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5 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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6 uncertainty | |
n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物 | |
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7 inquiries | |
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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8 holder | |
n.持有者,占有者;(台,架等)支持物 | |
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9 impudence | |
n.厚颜无耻;冒失;无礼 | |
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10 snug | |
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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13 inviting | |
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14 expediency | |
n.适宜;方便;合算;利己 | |
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19 snugly | |
adv.紧贴地;贴身地;暖和舒适地;安适地 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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21 complexion | |
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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22 dispersed | |
adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的 | |
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23 undue | |
adj.过分的;不适当的;未到期的 | |
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v.担保;断定;n.被担保者 | |
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