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Karsten could give him no help. "Better make up your mind that you have lost her. She has evidently been taken away to some other geisha quarter, Yotsuya, Ushigomo, Akasaka, probably Akasaka. They must have smelt1 a rat, the geisha master, or the guild2. They don't want you to find her, and the police commissioner's being mixed up in it complicates3 the affair, makes it harder. Anyway, you are the gainer, you have had the experience. Now you know these girls' insidious—charm. The word is threadbare, but it is the only one that describes it. And then you have the memory.
"So make up your mind that she is gone. Presently there will be others; and you will add to your collection of memories." He smiled. "I don't know if it has ever struck you that as we plod4 along in life, with a few bright spots, vivid pleasures, illuminating5 the general dullness of existence, the only treasures really worth while that we gather are the memories thereof. You know, as I grow older, I find that they become valuable; they gain with age like wine. One picks them up and reviews them, as one might old pressed flowers, faded ribbons, the stupid material mementos6. But the ones really worth while are those which one has stored in one's mind; they don't fade, they never lose their fragrance7. And, do you know, I find that the ones which I treasure, the ones that come back pleasurably into my thoughts again and again, are not the recollections of such few good things, or wise things as I have done—they seem drab, without color,[Pg 125] or tone, or life. No, it's the memories of the foolish things that I have done, madcap adventures, turbulent love affairs,—these are the things that I find pleasure in recalling. You have noticed those old fellows whose active life is behind them, who sit in the sunshine and smoke, and think, and dream. The daydreams
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1 smelt | |
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
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3 complicates | |
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4 plod | |
v.沉重缓慢地走,孜孜地工作 | |
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5 illuminating | |
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6 mementos | |
纪念品,令人回忆的东西( memento的名词复数 ) | |
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7 fragrance | |
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8 daydreams | |
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9 pranks | |
n.玩笑,恶作剧( prank的名词复数 ) | |
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10 fiery | |
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11 passionate | |
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12 tryst | |
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13 beads | |
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14 frivolous | |
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15 translucent | |
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16 luster | |
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17 essentially | |
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18 forth | |
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19 deliberately | |
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20 lighter | |
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21 villa | |
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22 theatrical | |
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23 scant | |
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24 rambles | |
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的第三人称单数 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论 | |
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25 seething | |
沸腾的,火热的 | |
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26 vaguely | |
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27 fumbling | |
n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理 | |
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28 flux | |
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29 myriad | |
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30 aprons | |
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31 gangling | |
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32 munched | |
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33 remonstrated | |
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34 determined | |
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35 scrambled | |
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36 ebullience | |
n.沸腾,热情,热情洋溢 | |
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37 courteous | |
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38 scattered | |
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39 adolescence | |
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40 reassure | |
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41 ascetic | |
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42 enthusiasts | |
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43 conglomeration | |
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44 miseries | |
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45 deign | |
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46 steamship | |
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47 tariffs | |
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48 concessions | |
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49 yen | |
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50 plutocratic | |
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51 oligarchy | |
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52 subservient | |
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53 huddled | |
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54 miserable | |
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55 feudal | |
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56 labor | |
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57 abolition | |
n.废除,取消 | |
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58 capitalism | |
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59 doctrine | |
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60 heartily | |
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61 subscribed | |
v.捐助( subscribe的过去式和过去分词 );签署,题词;订阅;同意 | |
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62 second-hand | |
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63 cramming | |
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64 voracity | |
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65 harangue | |
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66 gathering | |
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67 intrigued | |
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68 intermittent | |
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69 agitators | |
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70 appropriation | |
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71 ethical | |
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72 creed | |
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73 fanatics | |
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74 literally | |
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 | |
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75 martyrs | |
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76 underlying | |
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77 entirely | |
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78 consolidated | |
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79 dividends | |
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80 helping | |
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