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CHAPTER XVIII
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In the added suite1 of rooms at the back of the house, Robin2 grew through the years in which It was growing also. On the occasion when her mother saw her, she realized that she was not at least going to look like a barmaid. At no period of her least refulgent3 moment did she verge4 upon this type. Dowie took care of her and Mademoiselle Vallé educated her with the assistance of certain masters who came to give lessons in German and Italian.
“Why only German and Italian and French,” said Feather, “why not Latin and Greek, as well, if she is to be so accomplished6?”
“It is modern languages one needs at this period. They ought to be taught in the Board Schools,” Coombe replied. “They are not accomplishments7 but workman’s tools. Nationalities are not separated as they once were. To be familiar with the language of one’s friends—and one’s enemies—is a protective measure.”
“What country need one protect oneself against? When all the kings and queens are either married to each other’s daughters or cousins or take tea with each other every year or so. Just think of the friendliness8 of Germany for instance——”
“I do,” said Coombe, “very often. That is one of the reasons I choose German rather than Latin and Greek. Julius Cæsar and Nero are no longer reasons for alarm.”
“Is the Kaiser with his seventeen children and his respectable Frau?” giggled9 Feather. “All that he cares about is that women shall be made to remember that they are born for nothing but to cook and go to church and have babies. One doesn’t wonder at the clothes they wear.”
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refulgent
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accomplished
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friendliness
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eyebrows
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middle-aged
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astuteness
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fatuous
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sublime
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virtuous
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paraphrased
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dwellers
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leniency
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conservatory
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rumour
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interpretation
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scarlet
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horrid
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moody
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possessed
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determined
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nuns
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aloofness
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| 超然态度 | |
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| v.(尤指用布)挡住(某人)的视线( blindfold的过去式 );蒙住(某人)的眼睛;使不理解;蒙骗 | |
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bleating
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penetrating
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deference
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faltered
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