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CHAPTER XX. KNOWLEDGE OF LAW
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All three stood stone still. Not a sound was heard except faint quick breathing. Athlyne tried to think; but his brain seemed numb1. He knew that now was a crisis if not the crisis of the whole affair. It chilled him with a deathly chill to think that Joy must have heard all the conversation between her father and himself. What a remembrance for her in all the empty years to come! What sorrow, what pain! Presently he heard behind him as he stood facing her a sound which was rather a groan2 than an ejaculation—a groan endowed with articulated utterance3:
“Good God!” Unconsciously he repeated the word under his breath:
“Good God!”
Joy, with a fixed4 high-strung look, stepped down into the room. She stood beside Athlyne who, as she came close to him, turned with her so that together they faced her father. Colonel Ogilvie said in a slow whisper, the words dropping out one by one:
“Have—you—been—there—all—the—time? Did—you—hear—all—we—said?” She answered boldly:
“Yes! I was there and heard everything!” Again a long pause of silence, ended by Colonel Ogilvie’s next question:
“Why did you stay?” Joy answered at once; her quick speech following the slow tension sounded almost voluble.
“I could not get away. I wanted to; but there is no other door to the room. That is why I came out here when I woke. … I could not get my boots which the maid had taken last night, and I wanted to get away as quickly as possible. And, Father, being there, though I had to move about dressing5 myself, I could not help hearing everything!” Her father had evidently expected that she would say something more, for as she stopped there he looked at her expectantly. There was a sort of dry sob6 in his throat. Athlyne stood still and silent; he hardly dared to breathe lest he should unintentionally
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numb
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| adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木 | |
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utterance
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| n.用言语表达,话语,言语 | |
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dressing
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| n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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intentional
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fixedness
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softened
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| (使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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softening
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pang
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determined
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ingratitude
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worthily
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| 重要地,可敬地,正当地 | |
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innocence
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| n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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spoke
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pointed
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jealousy
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parental
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deference
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vein
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estrangement
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instinctively
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grandiloquent
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justified
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passionate
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relentless
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| adj.残酷的,不留情的,无怜悯心的 | |
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conciliation
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deferential
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bungling
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emboldened
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acquiescence
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| n.默许;顺从 | |
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uncommon
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expectancy
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| n.期望,预期,(根据概率统计求得)预期数额 | |
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expounded
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| 论述,详细讲解( expound的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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contractors
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| n.(建筑、监造中的)承包人( contractor的名词复数 ) | |
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attainable
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| a.可达到的,可获得的 | |
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mutuality
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| n.相互关系,相互依存 | |
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rite
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| n.典礼,惯例,习俗 | |
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registrar
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| n.记录员,登记员;(大学的)注册主任 | |
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honourable
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| adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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cynical
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| adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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repentance
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geniality
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mingled
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| 混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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discretion
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winced
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| 赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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recollect
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undesirable
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| adj.不受欢迎的,不良的,不合意的,讨厌的;n.不受欢迎的人,不良分子 | |
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crave
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decided
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suavity
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malevolence
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| 屈尊,俯就( condescend的过去式和过去分词 ); 故意表示和蔼可亲 | |
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unity
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reticence
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investigation
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secrecy
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Christian
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expiation
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pucker
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purely
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hardy
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transgress
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inquisitiveness
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reconciliation
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acquiesced
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