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CHAPTER 17. A New Interest in Life
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THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork1 at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld2 Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning3 mysteriously. In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment4 and hope struggling in her expressive5 eyes. But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance6.
Diana shook her head mournfully.
“No; and oh, Anne, she says I’m never to play with you again. I’ve cried and cried and I told her it wasn’t your fault, but it wasn’t any use. I had ever such a time coaxing8 her to let me come down and say good-bye to you. She said I was only to stay ten minutes and she’s timing9 me by the clock.”
“Ten minutes isn’t very long to say an eternal farewell in,” said Anne tearfully. “Oh, Diana, will you promise faithfully never to forget me, the friend of your youth, no matter what dearer friends may caress10 thee?”
“Indeed I will,” sobbed11 Diana, “and I’ll never have another bosom12
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adj.引诱人的,令人心动的v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的现在分词 ) | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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caress
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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devotedly
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专心地; 恩爱地; 忠实地; 一心一意地 | |
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apron
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groaned
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