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Although for a long time Dona Isabel had been sure in her own mind that Pancho Cueto, her administrador, was robbing her, she had never mustered1 courage to call him to a reckoning. And there was a reason for her cowardice2. Nevertheless, De Castano's blunt accusation3, coupled with her own urgent needs, served to fix her resolution, and on the day after the merchant's visit she sent for the overseer, who at the time was living on one of the plantations4.
Once the message was on its way, Isabel fell into a condition bordering upon panic, and was half minded to countermand6 her order. She spent an evening of suspense7, and a miserable8 night. This last, however, was nothing unusual with her; she was accustomed to unpleasant dreams, and she was not surprised when old familiar shapes came to harass9 her. Nor, in view of her somnambulistic vagaries10, was she greatly concerned to find, when she woke in the morning, that her slippers11 were stained and that her skirt was bedraggled with dew and filled with burs.
Scarcely a month passed that she did not walk in her sleep.
Cueto was plainly curious to learn why he had been sent for, but since he asked no questions, his employer was forced to open the subject herself. Several times he led up to it unsuccessfully; then she took the plunge12. Through dry, white lips she began:
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v.集合,召集,集结(尤指部队)( muster的过去式和过去分词 );(自他人处)搜集某事物;聚集;激发 | |
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accusation
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n.种植园,大农场( plantation的名词复数 ) | |
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n.种植园,大农场 | |
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vagaries
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slippers
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queried
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rascal
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benefactor
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confidential
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entirely
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nay
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wringing
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venal
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graft
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folly
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dagger
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interval
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penumbral
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slumber
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phantoms
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anticipation
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ecstasy
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intoxication
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gardenias
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gaping
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