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CHAPTER THE SIXTH The Adventurous Afternoon 1 2
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You will perhaps remember that before I fell into this extensive digression about Lady Harman's upbringing, we had got to the entry of Mrs. Sawbridge into the house bearing a plunder1 of Sir Isaac's best roses. She interrupted a conversation of some importance. Those roses at this point are still unwithered and fragrant2, and moreover they are arranged according to Mrs. Sawbridge's ideas of elegance3 about Sir Isaac's home.... And Sir Isaac, when that conversation could be renewed, categorically forbade Lady Harman to go to Lady Beach-Mandarin's lunch and Lady Harman went to Lady Beach-Mandarin's lunch.
It is necessary to tell certain particulars. They are particulars that will distress5 the delicacy6 of Mrs. Sawbridge unspeakably if ever she chances to read this book. But a story has to be told. You see Sir Isaac Harman had never considered it advisable to give his wife a private allowance. Whatever she wished to have, he maintained, she could have. The bill would afterwards be paid by his cheque on the first day of the month following the receipt of the bill. He found a generous pleasure in writing these cheques, and Lady Harman was magnificently housed, fed and adorned7. Moreover, whenever she chose to ask for money he gave her money, usually double of what she demanded,—and often a kiss or so into the bargain. But after he had forbidden her to go to Lady Beach-Mandarin's so grave an estrangement8 ensued that she could not ask him for money. A door closed between them. And the crisis had come at an unfortunate moment. She possessed9 the sum of five shillings and eightpence.
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vt.劫掠财物,掠夺;n.劫掠物,赃物;劫掠 | |
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elegance
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delicacy
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plunge
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automobile
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astonishment
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discreetly
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publicity
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halfway
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cornucopia
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largesse
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portico
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animated
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brass
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crutches
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controversy
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(东方国家的)市场( bazaar的名词复数 ); 义卖; 义卖市场; (出售花哨商品等的)小商品市场 | |
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bazaar
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防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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kindly
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foaming
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symposium
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n.讨论会,专题报告会;专题论文集 | |
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lucid
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savage
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corroboration
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irrelevant
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delightful
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perfectly
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conspirator
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