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CHAPTER THE FIRST 1
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The motor-car entered a little white gate, came to a porch under a thick wig1 of jasmine, and stopped. The chauffeur2 indicated by a movement of the head that this at last was it. A tall young woman with a big soft mouth, great masses of blue-black hair on either side of a broad, low forehead, and eyes of so dark a brown you might have thought them black, drooped3 forward and surveyed the house with a mixture of keen appreciation4 and that gentle apprehension5 which is the shadow of desire in unassuming natures....
The little house with the white-framed windows looked at her with a sleepy wakefulness from under its blinds, and made no sign. Beyond the corner was a glimpse of lawn, a rank of delphiniums, and the sound of a wheel-barrow.
"Clarence!" the lady called again.
Clarence, with an air of exceeding his duties, decided6 to hear, descended8 slowly, and came to the door.
"Very likely—if you were to look for a bell, Clarence...."
Clarence regarded the porch with a hostile air, made no secret that he thought it a fool of a porch, seemed on the point of disobedience, and submitted. His gestures suggested a belief that he would next be asked to boil eggs or do the boots. He found a bell and rang it with the needless violence of a man who has no special knowledge of ringing bells. How was he to know? he was a chauffeur. The bell did not so much ring as explode and swamp the place. Sounds of ringing came from all the windows, and even out of the chimneys. It seemed as if once set ringing that bell would never cease....
Clarence went to the bonnet9 of his machine, and presented his stooping back in a
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graceful
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glossy
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softened
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doorway
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lavatory
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perfectly
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delightful
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artistic
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(尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的现在分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等) | |
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intrude
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vi.闯入;侵入;打扰,侵扰 | |
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delightfully
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remarkable
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intruding
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treadmill
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marred
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propitious
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dexterous
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grunt
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displeased
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embarrassment
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negligence
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adaptable
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pointedly
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cornucopias
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orchard
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n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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flannel
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n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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perennials
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n.多年生植物( perennial的名词复数 ) | |
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fended
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industrious
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crest
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serene
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vigour
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blots
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docile
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defiling
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knight
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innocence
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phantom
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