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CHAPTER 30 JOHN PENDLETON TURNS THE KEY
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Jimmy went back to Boston that night in a state that was a most tantalizing1 commingling2 of happiness, hope, exasperation3, and rebellion. Behind him he left a girl who was in a scarcely less enviable frame of mind; for Pollyanna, tremulously happy in the wondrous4 thought of Jimmy's love for her, was yet so despairingly terrified at the thought of the possible love of John Pendleton, that there was not a thrill of joy that did not carry its pang5 of fear.
Fortunately for all concerned, however, this state of affairs was not of long duration; for, as it chanced, John Pendleton, in whose unwitting hands lay the key to the situation, in less than a week after Jimmy's hurried visit, turned that key in the lock, and opened the door of doubt.
It was late Thursday afternoon that John Pendleton called to see Pollyanna. As it happened, he, like Jimmy, saw Pollyanna in the garden and came straight toward her.
Pollyanna, looking into his face, felt a sudden sinking of the heart.
"It's come—it's come!" she shivered; and involuntarily she turned as if to flee.
[Illustration: "Involuntarily she turned as if to flee"]
"Oh, Pollyanna, wait a minute, please," called the man hastening his steps. "You're just the one I wanted to see. Come, can't we go in here?" he suggested, turning toward the summerhouse. "I want to speak to you about—something."
"Why, y-yes, of course," stammered6 Pollyanna, with forced gayety. Pollyanna knew that she was blushing, and she particularly wished not to blush just then. It did not help matters any, either, that he should have elected to go into the summerhouse for his talk. The summerhouse now, to Pollyanna, was sacred to certain dear memories of Jimmy. "And to think it should be here—HERE!" she was shuddering
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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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commingling
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| v.混合,掺和,合并( commingle的现在分词 ) | |
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exasperation
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| n.愤慨 | |
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wondrous
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| adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
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pang
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| n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷 | |
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stammered
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| v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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shuddering
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| v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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frantically
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rustic
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| adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬 | |
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proceeding
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exclamation
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heed
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moodily
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| adv.喜怒无常地;情绪多变地;心情不稳地;易生气地 | |
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delightfully
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| 大喜,欣然 | |
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specimen
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liking
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furtively
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longingly
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dreary
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| vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进 | |
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poised
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soften
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forth
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ineffable
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perfectly
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joyous
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