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CHAPTER II. IN ITALY
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During the voyage, which had its own vicissitudes1, the joke was kept up amongst the three women. The stewardess2, seeing that the two ladies only spoke3 of it in privacy, exemplified that discretion4 which the Captain had commended. Only once did she forget herself, but even then fortune was on her side. It was during a day when Joy was upset by a spell of heavy weather and had to keep her cabin. In the afternoon her father paid a visit to her; and Mrs. O’Brien in reporting progress to him said that “her Ladyship” was now on the road to recovery and would be on deck very shortly. Colonel Ogilvie made quite a lot of the error which he read in his own way. He said to his sister-in-law as they paced the deck together:
“Capital woman that stewardess! There is a natural deference5 and respect in her manner which you do not always find in people of her class. Will you oblige me, Judy, by seeing, when the voyage is over, that she gets an extra honorarium6!” Judy promised, and deftly7 turned the conversation; she felt that she was on dangerous ground.
Judith Hayes called herself an old maid, not believing it to be true; but all the same there was in her make-up a distinctive8 trait of it: the manner in which she regarded a romance. Up to lately, romance however unlikely or improbable, had a personal bearing; it did not occur to her that it might not drift in her direction. But now she felt unconsciously that such romance must have other objective than herself. The possibility, therefore, of a romance for Joy whom she very sincerely loved was a thing to be cherished. She could see, as well as feel, that her niece by keeping it a secret from her father had taken the matter with at least a phase of seriousness. This alone was sufficient to feed her own imaginings; and in the glow her sympathies quickened. She had
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vicissitudes
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stewardess
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spoke
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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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discretion
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deference
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| n.尊重,顺从;敬意 | |
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honorarium
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deftly
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distinctive
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determined
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anecdotes
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infancy
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| n.婴儿期;幼年期;初期 | |
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reassuring
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depressed
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valetudinarian
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abrupt
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pranks
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cryptic
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worthy
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attentive
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| adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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annoyance
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mighty
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remonstrance
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supremely
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laboriously
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incisive
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variance
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frankly
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intensity
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chagrin
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remains
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totter
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dressing
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moorish
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imploring
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fig
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alluring
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crimson
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| n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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rosebud
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| n.蔷薇花蕾,妙龄少女 | |
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poised
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graceful
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misery
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| n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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patrician
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| adj.贵族的,显贵的;n.贵族;有教养的人;罗马帝国的地方官 | |
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marrow
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mar
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consternation
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longing
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lurid
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constrained
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sentimental
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impersonal
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inchoate
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rugged
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kaleidoscopic
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condemn
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| vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑 | |
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impulsively
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rapture
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| n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;v.使狂喜 | |
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vistas
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| 长条形景色( vista的名词复数 ); 回顾; 展望; (未来可能发生的)一系列情景 | |
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promontory
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underneath
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cinder
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cone
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villas
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| 别墅,公馆( villa的名词复数 ); (城郊)住宅 | |
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sapphire
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fortress
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ecstasy
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precipice
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quaint
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crevices
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shrubs
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beech
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chestnut
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foliage
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relics
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chasms
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vow
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gathering
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proximity
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velvet
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shrieks
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copper
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dome
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majestic
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