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CHAPTER I DOCTOR AND PATIENT
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A little girl sat shivering in a corner of a reception room in the fashionable Hotel Voltaire. It was one of a suite1 of rooms occupied by Mrs. Antoinette Seaver Jones, widely known for her wealth and beauty, and this girl—a little thing of eleven—was the only child of Mrs. Antoinette Seaver Jones, and was named Alora.
It was not cold that made her shiver, for across the handsomely furnished room an open window gratefully admitted the summer sunshine and the summer breeze. Near the window, where the draught2 came coolest, a middle-aged3 woman in a sober dress sat reading. Alora did not look at this person but kept her gaze fixed5 anxiously upon the doorway6 that led to the corridor, and the spasmodic shudders7 that at times shook her little body seemed due to nervous fear.
The room was so still that every tick of the Dresden clock could be distinctly heard. When Miss Gorham, Alora's governess, turned a page of her book, the rustle9 was appallingly10 audible. And the clock ticked on, and Miss Gorham turned page after page, and still the child sat bowed upon her chair and eagerly eyed the passageway.
It seemed ages before the outer door of the suite finally opened and a man moved softly down the passage and paused at the entrance of the reception room. The man was white-haired, dignified11 and distinguished12 in appearance. Hat in hand, he stood as if undecided while Alora bounded from her seat and came to him, her eyes, big and pleading, reading his face with dramatic intentness.
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suite
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| n.一套(家具);套房;随从人员 | |
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| n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计 | |
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middle-aged
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| n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣 | |
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doorway
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rustle
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dignified
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| a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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distinguished
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decided
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kindly
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lamely
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evaded
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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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desperately
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| adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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passionate
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pervaded
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fragrance
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costly
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wholesome
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mentality
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remarkable
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regularity
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faculty
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| n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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speculations
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affluence
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vice
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discredited
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widower
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refinement
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| n.文雅;高尚;精美;精制;精炼 | |
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tantalizing
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| adj.逗人的;惹弄人的;撩人的;煽情的v.逗弄,引诱,折磨( tantalize的现在分词 ) | |
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judgment
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idol
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retired
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chagrin
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honeymoon
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advancement
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incentive
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promising
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noted
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donor
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worthy
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secluded
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luxurious
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solicitude
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casually
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lavished
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positively
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murmur
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virulent
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deserted
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reconciliation
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restrictions
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possessed
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guardian
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guardianship
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lashes
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twitch
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