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CHAPTER XXI SUMMER DAYS
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Before the Carews came, Pollyanna had told Jimmy that she was depending on him to help her entertain them. Jimmy had not expressed himself then as being overwhelmingly desirous to serve her in this way; but before the Carews had been in town a fortnight, he had shown himself as not only willing but anxious,—judging by the frequency and length of his calls, and the lavishness1 of his offers of the Pendleton horses and motor cars.
Between him and Mrs. Carew there sprang up at once a warm friendship based on what seemed to be a peculiarly strong attraction for each other. They walked and talked together, and even made sundry2 plans for the Home for Working Girls, to be carried out the following winter when Jimmy should be in Boston. Jamie, too, came in for a good measure of attention, nor was Sadie Dean forgotten. Sadie, as Mrs. Carew plainly showed, was to be regarded as if she were quite one of the family; and Mrs. Carew was careful to see that she had full share in any plans for merrymaking.
Nor did Jimmy always come alone with his offers for entertainment. More and more frequently John Pendleton appeared with him. Rides and drives and picnics were planned and carried out, and long delightful3 afternoons were spent over books and fancy-work on the Harrington veranda4.
Pollyanna was delighted. Not only were her paying guests being kept from any possibilities of ennui5 and homesickness, but her good friends, the Carews, were becoming delightfully6 acquainted with her other good friends, the Pendletons. So, like a mother hen with a brood of chickens, she hovered7 over the veranda meetings, and did everything in her power to keep the group together and happy.
Neither the Carews nor the Pendletons, however, were at all satisfied to have Pollyanna merely an onlooker
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lavishness
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sundry
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delightful
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| adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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veranda
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ennui
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delightfully
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| 大喜,欣然 | |
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| 鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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onlooker
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strenuously
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poked
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domain
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gorge
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luncheon
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crackers
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bonnet
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dreary
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climax
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approbation
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morose
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aloofness
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bugs
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mischievous
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automobile
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automobiles
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poignant
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vista
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hummocks
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crutch
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deftly
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