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CHAPTER VI A MAIDEN GENTLEWOMAN
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"Hurseton, in Essex, lies about ten miles from the coast, and is elevated on a wide plateau whence can be obtained a fine and picturesque1 view of the famous marshes2. It is a quaint3, old-world village, gathered round an ancient Saxon Cross, which occupies the centre of the village green. The church—eleventh century—is dedicated4 to St. Peter, and is, for the most part, sunken in the ground owing to its antiquity5. The tower and spire6 are of wood. Many of the gentry7 have country seats in this popular vicinity. The rising watering-place of Market-on-Sea, five miles distant, is much frequented by Londoners during the holiday season. Hurseton can be reached from town by rail a little over the hour."
So far the guide-book; but the above-mentioned gentry referred to therein were not at all pleased by the advertisement, as many of the cheap trippers came to visit the place from Market-on-Sea, and by no means improved the countryside with their rowdy manners. Miss Berengaria Plantagenet was especially wrathful at the yearly plague of sightseers, and would have put them all in jail had she been able. She was a dignified8 old lady, small in stature9, with a withered10 rosy11 face, white hair, and eyes as keen as those of a robin12, if not so shallow. Her
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picturesque
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adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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robin
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mansion
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farmhouse
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turret
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bower
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holly
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hawthorn
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homely
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鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马 | |
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costly
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dame
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resolute
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sobbing
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idol
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accusation
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stunned
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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concealed
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agonized
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severely
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crouched
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disorder
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tartly
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innocence
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faltered
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