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CHAPTER XI. THE BEAUTIFUL TWILIGHT
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The first couple of days at Ambleside were a delight to Joy. In the change from the roar and ceaseless whirl of London was such a sense of peace that it influenced even the pain of her heart-hunger. Here in this lovely place, where despite the life and movement of the little town nature seemed to reign1, was something to calm nerves overstrung with waiting and apprehension2. It was a relief to her at first, a pleasure later, to walk about the pleasant roads with her father; to take long drives beneath shady trees or up on the hillside where the lake lay below like a panorama3; to sit on the steamer’s deck and drift along the beautiful lake.
Her father was now and again impatient, not with her but because of the non-arrival of the motor which he had ordered in London. It had not been quite ready when they left and so it was arranged that it should follow them. He wanted to have it in possession so that they could fly all over the region; the American in him was clamorous4 for movement, for speed and progress! He kept up an endless telegraphing with the motor people in London, and when at last they wired that the car was nearly ready he got a map and traced out the route. Each day he marked out a space that he thought it ought to have covered, crediting it for every hour of daylight with top speed. After all, no matter what our ages may be, we are but children and the new toy but renews the old want and the old impatience5; bringing in turn the old disillusionment and the old empty-hearted discontent. And the new toy may be of any shape: even that of a motor-car—or a beating human heart.
Partly out of affection for her father and so from sympathy with him, and partly as a relief to herself, Joy looked eagerly for the coming of the car. She used to go with him to the post office when he was sending his telegrams. Indeed she never left him; and be sure he was glad of her companionship. Now and again would come over her an overwhelming wave of disappointment—grief—regret—she knew not what—when she thought of the friendship so romantically begun but failing so soon. The letters from Aunt Judy used to worry and even
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reign
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| n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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apprehension
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| n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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panorama
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| n.全景,全景画,全景摄影,全景照片[装置] | |
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clamorous
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impatience
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ripening
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sitting-room
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| n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
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hearty
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| adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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vivacious
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instinctive
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| adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的 | |
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kindly
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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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curbing
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eyebrows
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| 眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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demure
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| adj.严肃的;端庄的 | |
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sweeping
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| n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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doorway
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| n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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| v.低垂,下垂;凋萎,萎靡 | |
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flicker
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eyelid
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pretence
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| v.阻挠,妨碍,反对;adj.横(断的) | |
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| 灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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| a.正当的,有理的 | |
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| (使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气 | |
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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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twilight
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solicitude
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maxim
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strenuous
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vivacity
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| n.快活,活泼,精神充沛 | |
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braced
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| adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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habitual
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| adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的 | |
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exquisite
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| adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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scarlet
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| n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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hawthorn
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| 山楂 | |
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spasm
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assail
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ecstasy
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impulsive
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concealed
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pang
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sincerity
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genial
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chauffeur
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computed
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regained
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| 复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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pointed
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sanity
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miserable
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ineffable
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animated
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myriad
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immortal
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cleansed
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dross
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manifestation
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placidity
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impulsively
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languishing
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| adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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