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That night the doctor stayed at Boxall Hill, and the next night; so that it became a customary thing for him to sleep there during the latter part of Sir Roger’s illness. He returned home to Greshamsbury; for he had his patients there, to whom he was as necessary as to Sir Roger, the foremost of whom was Lady Arabella. He had, therefore, no slight work on his hands, seeing that his nights were by no means wholly devoted1 to rest.
Mr Rerechild had not been much wrong as to the remaining space of life which he had allotted2 to the dying man. Once or twice Dr Thorne had thought that the great original strength of his patient would have enabled him to fight against death for a somewhat longer period; but Sir Roger would give himself no chance. Whenever he was strong enough to have a will of his own, he insisted on having his very medicine mixed with brandy; and in the hours of the doctor’s absence, he was too often successful in his attempts.
‘It does not much matter,’ Dr Thorne had said to Lady Scatcherd. ‘Do what you can to keep down the quantity, but do not irritate him by refusing to obey. It does not much signify now.’ So Lady Scatcherd still administered the alcohol, and he from day to day invented little schemes for increasing the amount, over which he chuckled3 with ghastly laughter.
Two or three times these days Sir Roger essayed to speak seriously to his son; but Louis always frustrated4 him. He either got out of the room on some excuse, or made his mother interfere5 on the score that so much talking would be bad for his father. He already knew with tolerable accuracy what was the purport6 of his father’s will, and by no means approved of it; but as he could not now hope to induce his father to alter it so as to make it more favourable7 to himself, he conceived that no conversation on matters of business could be of use to him.
‘Louis,’ said Sir Roger, one afternoon to his son; ‘Louis, I have not done by you as I ought to have done — I know that now.’

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分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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memoir
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demise
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favourably
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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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implore
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harass
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perfectly
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vehemence
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killing
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bullied
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determined
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frightful
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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hoarse
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adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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havoc
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n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱 | |
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vitality
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n.活力,生命力,效力 | |
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n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震 | |
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steadily
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memoirs
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succinct
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plight
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doom
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justify
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taunt
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equanimity
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squander
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allusion
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granite
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mallet
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chisel
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鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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