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CHAPTER XIII
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THE INTERVIEW—THE PARCHMENT—AND THE NOBLEMAN'S COACH.
Sir Richard Ashwoode had never in the whole course of his life denied himself the indulgence of any passion or of any whim1. From his childhood upward he had never considered the feelings or comforts of any living being but himself alone. As he advanced in life, this selfishness had improved to a degree of hardness and coldness so intense, that if ever he had felt a kindly2 impulse at any moment in his existence, the very remembrance of it had entirely3 faded from his mind: so that generosity4, compassion5, and natural affection were to him not only unknown, but incredible. To him mankind seemed all either fools, or such as he himself was. Without one particle of principle of any kind, he had uniformly maintained in the world the character of an honourable6 man. The ordinary rules of honesty and morality he regarded as so many conventional sentiments, to which every gentleman subscribed7, as a matter of course, in public, but which in private he had an unquestionable right to dispense8 with at his own convenience. He was imperious, fiery9, and unforgiving to the uttermost; but when he conceived it advantageous10 to do so, he could practise as well as any man the convenient art of masking malignity11, hatred
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compassion
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hatred
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provocation
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embitter
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exasperate
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duel
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reconciliation
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motives
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adversary
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succinct
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virtues
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| 美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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legacy
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| 消除; 泄去; 排去; 通风 | |
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complexion
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velvet
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puritanical
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attire
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dulcet
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insinuating
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rummaging
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verbiage
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tautology
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perused
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contrition
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agonizing
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alienating
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