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III THE ROOM OF THE GOLDEN BUDDHA
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It was a moot1 point whether Lady Pat Rourke merited condemnation2 or pity. She possessed3 that type of blonde beauty which seems to be a lodestone for mankind in general. Her husband was wealthy, twelve years her senior, and, far from watching over her with jealous care—an attitude which often characterizes such unions—he, on the contrary, permitted her a dangerous freedom, believing that she would appreciate without abusing it.
Her friendship with Lou Chada had first opened his eyes to the perils4 which beset5 the road of least resistance. Sir Noel Rourke was an Anglo-Indian, and his prejudice against the Eurasian was one not lightly to be surmounted6. Not all the polish which English culture had given to this child of a mixed union could blind Sir Noel to the yellow streak7. Courted though Chada was by some of the best people, Sir Noel remained cold.
The long, magnetic eyes, the handsome, clear-cut features, above all, that slow and alluring8 smile, appealed to the husband of the wilful9 Pat rather as evidences of Oriental, half-effeminate devilry than as passports to decent society. Oxford10 had veneered him, but scratch the veneer11 and one found the sandal-wood of the East, perfumed, seductive, appealing, but something to be shunned
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surmounted
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| n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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inspector
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admiration
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Buddha
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folly
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exterior
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veins
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consolation
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infringement
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nauseating
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forfeited
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