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CHAPTER III. FAIRYLAND.
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Notwithstanding his fantastical babble1 to Macandrew, Gerald was a shrewd young man. He prosecuted2 his search for the unknown sender of the message, less to find a wife than to see the end of the adventure. At the enjoyable age of thirty, he was not particularly keen on getting married, although his friends persistently3 advised him to do so. But, as Haskins pertinently4 observed, it was absurd to marry merely for marrying's sake. "When I meet THE woman," said Gerald wisely, "I shall ask her to be my wife. Otherwise----" And a shrug5 would complete the unfinished sentence.
Tod was quite ready to leave the conclusion of the fishing adventure to his friend. Being in love with a particular girl, he thought of her only, and had no wish to search for another girl, even though she were an illiterate6 princess, who fluted7 like a nightingale. What with earning his living, and fighting Lady Euphemia, and wooing Charity Bird, and tricking Mrs. Pelham Odin, who was strongly opposed to that wooing, Macandrew's hands were quite full. Within two days he betook himself to London, keen upon seeing The Moon Fay ballet, in which Charity was dancing. But before his departure he unwittingly did Gerald a service by learning something about the Pixy's House, and that same something was less romantic than unpleasant.
According to Tod the thing came about by accident; but Haskins, who believed that everything was designed, even to the winking8 of an eye, insisted that Macandrew had been purposely lured9 into conversation with the laborer
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babble
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v.含糊不清地说,胡言乱语地说,儿语 | |
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v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等) | |
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吸引,引诱(lure的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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moors
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geographical
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uncommonly
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delightfully
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landlady
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suave
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sinister
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precisely
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obstinate
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emigrant
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casually
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阻碍,妨碍,阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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navigating
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stunted
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foliage
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pointed
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