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CHAPTER XXI
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Winter had come, and since Denise’s cell stood on the northern slope of Mountjoye Hill, it was bitter cold there, nor would the north wind be stopped by such things as a thorn hedge or a closed door. To Denise the cold was but part of the misery1 that was closing upon her, for people were hardier2 in those days, and less softened3 by the luxury of glass and carpets. But it was not the cold that kept her wakeful through the night, but the blank and unpitying face of the future that never departed from before her eyes. Denise knew the truth now, and soon the world might know it also.
The Abbey folk had sent her no winter gear, but that was Dom Silvius’s affair, perhaps due to his meanness, or his discontent with her, or to the feeling that a recluse4 whose prayers went unanswered needed to be chastened by wind and frost. It seemed very far from that day in May when the meadows were sheeted in gold, and the singing boys sang her into the Abbey leuga. Denise would have had no winter clothes, had not a good woman who distrusted Dom Silvius, sent her a lamb’s-wool tunic5, and a cloak lined with rabbit’s skin.
So the winter deepened, and Denise saw always that shame that was coming nearer day by day. She knew now how utterly6 she had failed, and the reason thereof seemed in herself. Life had thrust hypocrisy7 upon her insidiously8 and by stealth. She would have fled from it, but the wide world seemed cold and empty, nor was she free to follow her own will. Reginald the Abbot was her lord now, both in the law and in the spirit, he could have her taken if she fled, condemned9, whipped, and turned
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n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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hypocrisy
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鞭打( scourge的现在分词 ); 惩罚,压迫 | |
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sterility
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prelude
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blessing
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mightily
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worthy
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bribe
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insolence
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jade
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virgin
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discreetly
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countenance
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wrath
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impudent
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bland
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kindly
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suave
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cringing
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adj.谄媚,奉承 | |
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infamous
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tugging
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leashes
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pendulous
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placidity
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penitence
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monk
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zeal
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astuteness
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virtue
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安抚,抚慰( appease的过去式和过去分词 ); 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争) | |
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petulant
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savage
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mundane
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