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CHAPTER 11 A POLITICAL REFUGEE
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“Rosamund has come to my studio and wants to see me at once. She has sent for me. Miss Ingate says she shall go, too.”
It was these words in a highly emotionalised voice from Miss Nickall that, like a vague murmured message of vast events, drew the entire quartet away from the bright inebriated1 scene created by Monsieur Dauphin.
The single word “Rosamund” sufficed to break one mood and induce another in all bosoms2 save that of Audrey, who was in a state of permanent joyous3 exultation4 that she scarcely even attempted to control. The great militant5 had a surname, but it was rarely used save by police magistrates6. Her Christian7 name alone was more impressive than the myriad8 cognomens of queens and princesses. Miss Nickall ran away home at once. Miss Thompkins was left to deliver Miss Ingate and Audrey at Nick’s studio, which, being in the Rue9 Delambre, was not far away. And not the shedding of the kimono and the re-assumption of European attire10 could affect Audrey’s spirits. Had she been capable of regret in that hour, she would have regretted the abandonment of the ball, where the refined, spiritual, strange faces of the men, and the enigmatic quality of the women, and the exceeding novelty of the social code had begun to arouse in her sentiments of approval and admiration11. But she quitted the staggering frolic without a sigh; for she carried within her a frolic surpassing anything
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胸部( bosom的名词复数 ); 胸怀; 女衣胸部(或胸襟); 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形 | |
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exultation
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militant
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adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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magistrates
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地方法官,治安官( magistrate的名词复数 ) | |
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Christian
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admiration
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salvation
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subscribe
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subscription
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prudently
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den
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n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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automobile
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monologue
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extraordinarily
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touching
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mumble
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morose
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inquisitive
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solitude
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narrative
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spotted
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sarcasms
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barb
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逃避( evade的过去式和过去分词 ); 避开; 回避; 想不出 | |
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v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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drowsy
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adj.昏昏欲睡的,令人发困的 | |
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concierge
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n.管理员;门房 | |
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distinguished
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satiric
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descending
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inadequate
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imprison
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bland
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surmounted
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战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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linen
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mantle
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tranquil
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naught
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circumference
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phenomena
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irrelevant
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indifference
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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wilted
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(使)凋谢,枯萎( wilt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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vocation
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decided
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doorway
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reassuringly
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ad.安心,可靠 | |
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supreme
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condemned
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thwarted
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阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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intimidated
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sardonic
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sensuous
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stiffened
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conspirator
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