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Chapter Three. Difficulties among the Social Summits.
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In one of the many mansions1 of the “west end” of London, a lady reclined one morning on a sofa wishing that it were afternoon. She was a middle-aged2, handsome, sickly lady. If it had been afternoon she would have wished that it were evening, and if it had been evening she would have wished for the morning; for Mrs Stoutley was one of those languid invalids4 whose enjoyment6 appears to be altogether in the future or the past, and who seem to have no particular duties connected with the present except sighing and wishing. It may be that this unfortunate condition of mind had something to do with Mrs Stoutley’s feeble state of health. If she had been a little more thoughtful about others, and less mindful of herself, she might, perhaps, have sighed and wished less, and enjoyed herself more. At all events her doctor seemed to entertain some such opinion, for, sitting in an easy chair beside her, and looking earnestly at her handsome, worn-out countenance7, he said, somewhat abruptly8, being a blunt doctor.
“You must go abroad, madam, and try to get your mind, as well as your body, well shaken up.”
“Why, doctor,” replied Mrs Stoutley, with a faint smile; “you talk of me as if I were a bottle of physic or flat ginger-beer.”
“You are little better, silly woman,” thought the doctor, but his innate9 sense of propriety10 induced him only to say, with a smile, “Well, there is at least this much resemblance between you and a bottle of flat ginger-beer, namely, that both require to be made to effervesce11 a little. It will never do to let your spirits down as you have been doing. We must brighten up, my dear madam—not Brighton up, by the way, we’ve had enough of Brighton and Bath, and such places. We must get away to the Continent this summer—to the Pyrenees, or Switzerland, where we can breathe the fresh mountain air, and
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n.宅第,公馆,大厦( mansion的名词复数 ) | |
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病人,残疾者( invalid的名词复数 ) | |
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maniac
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sufficiently
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complexion
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metropolis
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filth
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graphic
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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v.详述;解释;阐述 | |
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maiden
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dividend
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paltry
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gaily
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seaman
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n.穷人( pauper的名词复数 );贫民;贫穷 | |
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bonnet
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destined
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expended
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bonnets
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n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 );(烟囱等的)覆盖物;(苏格兰男子的)无边呢帽;(女子戴的)任何一种帽子 | |
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