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CHAPTER XVIII. RECOGNITION
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Lucy and Mrs. Jasher were having a confidential1 conversation in the small pink drawing-room. True to her promise, Miss Kendal had come to readjust matters between the fiery2 little Professor and the widow. But it was not an easy task, as Mrs. Jasher was righteously indignant at the rash words used to her.
“As if I knew anything about the matter,” she repeated again and again in angry tones. “Why, my dear, he as good as told me I had murdered—”
Lucy did not let her finish.
“There! there!” she said, speaking as she would have done to a fretful child, “you know what my father is.”
“It seems to me that I am just beginning to learn,” said the widow bitterly, “and knowing how ready he is to believe ill of me, I think it is better we should part for ever.”
“But you'll never be Lady Braddock.”
“Even if I married him, I am not sure that I should be, since I learn that his brother is singularly healthy and comes of a long-lived family. And it will not be pleasant to live with your father when he has such a temper.”
“That was only because he was excited. Think of your salon3, and of the position you wish to hold in, London.”
“Ah, well,” said Mrs. Jasher, visibly softening4, “there is something to be said there. After all, one can never find a man who is perfection. And a very amiable5 man is usually a fool. One can't expect a rose to be without thorns. But really, my dear,” she surveyed Lucy with mild surprise, “you appear to be very anxious that I should marry your father.”
“I want to see my father made comfortable before I marry Archie,” said the girl with a blush. “Of course my father is quite a child in household affairs and needs everything done for him. Archie—I am glad to say—is now in a position to marry me in the spring. I want you to be married about the same time, and then you can live in Gartley, and—”
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confidential
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adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的 | |
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adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
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n.[法]沙龙;客厅;营业性的高级服务室 | |
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softening
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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promptly
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virtuously
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合乎道德地,善良地 | |
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amiably
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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robin
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Christian
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v.使免罪,免除( exonerate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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amazement
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accusation
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adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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ad.易生气地 | |
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pretext
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landlady
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funereal
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garrulous
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copious
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喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的现在分词 );拉皮条 | |
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indirectly
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determined
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cater
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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abasing
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使谦卑( abase的现在分词 ); 使感到羞耻; 使降低(地位、身份等); 降下 | |
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innocence
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n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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assent
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v.批准,认可;n.批准,认可 | |
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piquing
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unaware
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dignified
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