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MARGUERITE
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They walked down Regent Street almost in silence, enjoying simultaneously1 the silence and solitude2 of the curving thoroughfare and the memory of the bright, crowded, triumphant3 scene which they had left. At Piccadilly Circus George inquired for the new open motor-buses which had just begun to run between the Circus and Putney, passing the Redcliffe Arms. Already, within a year, the time was historically distant when a policeman had refused to allow the automobile4 of a Member of Parliament to enter Palace Yard, on the ground that there was no precedent5 for such a desecration6. The new motor-buses, however, did not run at night. Human daring had limits, and it was reported that at least one motor-driver, succumbing7 to the awful nervous strain of guiding these fast expresses through the traffic of the West End, had been taken to the lunatic asylum8. George called a hansom, of which there were dozens idling about. Marguerite seemed tacitly to object to this act as the germ of extravagance; but it was the only classic thing to do, and he did it.
The hansom rolled rapidly and smoothly9 along upon that well-established novelty, india-rubber tyres. Bits of the jingling10 harness oscillated regularly from side to side. At intervals11 the whip-thong dragged gently across the horse's back, and the horse lifted and shook its head. The shallow and narrow interior of the hansom was constructed with exactitude to hold two. Neither occupant could move in any direction, and neither desired to move. The splendidly lighted avenues, of which every detail could be discerned as by day, flowed evenly past the vehicle.
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simultaneously
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adv.同时发生地,同时进行地 | |
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solitude
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n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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triumphant
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adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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automobile
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n.汽车,机动车 | |
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precedent
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n.先例,前例;惯例;adj.在前的,在先的 | |
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desecration
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n. 亵渎神圣, 污辱 | |
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succumbing
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不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的现在分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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asylum
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n.避难所,庇护所,避难 | |
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smoothly
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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jingling
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叮当声 | |
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intervals
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enchantment
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n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
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simplicity
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n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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apron
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n.围裙;工作裙 | |
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Undid
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v. 解开, 复原 | |
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infinitely
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exquisite
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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confiding
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grove
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n.林子,小树林,园林 | |
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descended
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a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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impure
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accusation
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agility
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ledge
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deception
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portfolio
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doorway
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ad.明确地,显然地 | |
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authenticate
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purely
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utterly
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monstrous
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widower
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deflected
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surmised
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a.刺激的 | |
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folly
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exacting
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monopolized
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v.垄断( monopolize的过去式和过去分词 );独占;专卖;专营 | |
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secrecy
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n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
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enchanting
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a.讨人喜欢的 | |
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