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Martin Valliant unsaddled and unbridled the horses while Mellis took the pitcher1 and went down to the spring.
She did not hurry herself, but walked slowly through the bracken and under the full shade of the trees, her eyes looking into the distance as though she were deep in thought. Once or twice she smiled, and pressed her hand over her heart. Her face had a soft white radiance, a mysterious glow beneath the skin.
The spring was the beginning of one of the forest streams, a brown pool that overflowed2 and trickled3 in a green and oozy4 dampness down the hillside. The clear water lay like a mirror, reflecting the branches and the fragments of blue sky overhead. Mellis knelt down and gazed at herself in the pool. She was very fair, with dark and desirous eyes, and she loved herself for Martin’s sake. Her hair came falling from under her hood5, and one strand6 touched the water, stirring a faint and transient ripple7.
Mellis filled her pitcher and went back to the glade8. The west was a glory of gold, the light smiting9 the trees and spreading a yellow glow upon the grass. The distant forest vistas10 were all purple, shading into a violet horizon. Somewhere a blackbird was singing to his mate.
She saw Martin Valliant sitting at the foot of a great oak, and staring at the sunset. The slanting11 light touched his face and made it shine with a strange yet
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pitcher
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n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手 | |
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v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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adj.软泥的 | |
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n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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ripple
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n.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进 | |
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glade
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n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地 | |
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v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的现在分词 ) | |
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长条形景色( vista的名词复数 ); 回顾; 展望; (未来可能发生的)一系列情景 | |
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倾斜的,歪斜的 | |
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adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的 | |
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bosom
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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restive
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v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦 | |
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adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的 | |
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linen
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n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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n.击退,拒绝;vt.逐退,击退,拒绝 | |
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wincing
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赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的现在分词 ) | |
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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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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n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区 | |
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n.(通常指基督教的)修女, (佛教的)尼姑( nun的名词复数 ) | |
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