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CHAPTER XVI
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It was a summer’s evening; Joan had dropped in at the Greysons and had found Mary alone, Francis not having yet returned from a bachelor dinner at his uncle’s, who was some big pot in the Navy. They sat in the twilight2, facing the open French windows, through which one caught a glimpse of the park. A great stillness seemed to be around them.
The sale and purchase of the Evening Gazette had been completed a few days before. Greyson had been offered the alternative of gradually and gracefully4 changing his opinions, or getting out; and had, of course, chosen dismissal. He was taking a holiday, as Mary explained with a short laugh.
“He had some shares in it himself, hadn’t he?” Joan asked.
“Oh, just enough to be of no use,” Mary answered. “Carleton was rather decent, so far as that part of it was concerned, and insisted on paying him a fair price. The market value would have been much less; and he wanted to be out of it.”
Joan remained silent. It made her mad, that a man could be suddenly robbed of fifteen years’ labour: the weapon that his heart and brain had made keen wrested5 from his hand by a legal process, and turned against the very principles for which all his life he had been fighting.
“I’m almost more sorry for myself than for him,” said Mary, making a whimsical grimace6. “He will start something else, so soon as he’s got over his first soreness; but I’m too old to dream of another child.”
He came in a little later and, seating himself between them, filled and lighted his pipe. Looking back, Joan remembered that curiously8 none of them had spoken. Mary had turned at the sound of his key in the door. She seemed to be watching him intently; but it was too dark to notice her expression. He pulled at his pipe till it was well alight and then removed it.
“It’s war,” he said.
The words made no
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5 wrested | |
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7 tar | |
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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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13 gathering | |
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14 deluge | |
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15 brotherhood | |
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16 humane | |
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17 hymn | |
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18 supreme | |
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20 opium | |
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21 perpetuate | |
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22 vile | |
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24 barbarian | |
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26 injustice | |
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29 killing | |
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30 hatred | |
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨 | |
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31 jeered | |
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33 traitor | |
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34 mere | |
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37 abruptly | |
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38 depressed | |
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42 picturesque | |
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43 idiotic | |
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44 vice | |
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46 sergeant | |
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47 determined | |
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48 craving | |
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49 scattered | |
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51 bonnets | |
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52 stoutish | |
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53 proceedings | |
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54 blessing | |
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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55 arbitration | |
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56 ERECTED | |
adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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57 patriotism | |
n.爱国精神,爱国心,爱国主义 | |
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58 munching | |
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的现在分词 ) | |
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59 contentedly | |
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60 groans | |
n.呻吟,叹息( groan的名词复数 );呻吟般的声音v.呻吟( groan的第三人称单数 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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61 upwards | |
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62 ward | |
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63 drenched | |
adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体) | |
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64 arena | |
n.竞技场,运动场所;竞争场所,舞台 | |
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65 nausea | |
n.作呕,恶心;极端的憎恶(或厌恶) | |
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66 everlasting | |
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67 enlist | |
vt.谋取(支持等),赢得;征募;vi.入伍 | |
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68 enlisting | |
v.(使)入伍, (使)参军( enlist的现在分词 );获得(帮助或支持) | |
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69 artistic | |
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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70 temperament | |
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71 martyrs | |
n.martyr的复数形式;烈士( martyr的名词复数 );殉道者;殉教者;乞怜者(向人诉苦以博取同情) | |
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72 hiss | |
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73 sneak | |
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74 regiment | |
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75 landlady | |
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76 worthy | |
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77 dressing | |
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78 cleansed | |
弄干净,清洗( cleanse的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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79 antagonism | |
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80 lust | |
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81 hideous | |
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82 doctrine | |
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83 massacres | |
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84 strutting | |
加固,支撑物 | |
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85 decided | |
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86 scrap | |
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87 testament | |
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88 smite | |
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89 withered | |
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91 hull | |
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92 sweeping | |
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93 helping | |
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94 lurch | |
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95 impulsive | |
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96 confided | |
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97 machinery | |
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98 slaughtering | |
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99 illustrated | |
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100 glorified | |
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101 luxuriously | |
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102 cosy | |
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103 sleek | |
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104 shrieking | |
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105 sobbing | |
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106 chivalry | |
n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤 | |
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109 promising | |
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110 patriotic | |
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111 heed | |
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112 jack | |
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115 platitudes | |
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122 yelping | |
v.发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的现在分词 ) | |
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126 joyous | |
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128 bent | |
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v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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130 retired | |
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131 foulness | |
n. 纠缠, 卑鄙 | |
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