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CHAPTER 15. MR. DONNE'S EXODUS.
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The next day Shirley expressed to Caroline how delighted she felt that the little party had gone off so well.
"I rather like to entertain a circle of gentlemen," said she. "It is amusing to observe how they enjoy a judiciously1 concocted2 repast. For ourselves, you see, these choice wines and these scientific dishes are of no importance to us; but gentlemen seem to retain something of the naïveté of children about food, and one likes to please them—that is, when they show the becoming, decent self-government of our admirable rectors. I watch Moore sometimes, to try and discover how he can be pleased; but he has not that child's simplicity3 about him. Did you ever find out his accessible point, Caroline? you have seen more of him than I."
"It is not, at any rate, that of my uncle and Dr. Boultby," returned Caroline, smiling. She always felt a sort of shy pleasure in following Miss Keeldar's lead respecting the discussion of her cousin's character. Left to herself, she would never have touched on the subject; but when invited, the temptation of talking about him of whom she was ever thinking was irresistible5. "But," she added, "I really don't know what it is, for I never watched Robert in my life but my scrutiny6 was presently baffled by finding he was watching me."
"There it is!" exclaimed Shirley. "You can't fix your eyes on him but his presently flash on you. He is never off his guard. He won't give you an advantage. Even when he does not look at you, his thoughts seem to be busy amongst your own thoughts, tracing your words and actions to their source, contemplating7 your motives8 at his ease. Oh! I know that sort of character, or something in the same style. It is one that piques
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交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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obstinately
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