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CHAPTER XXIII Her Ladyship Returns to Town
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Upon the awful occasion of his kinsman1's sudden death in the midst of the glittering throng2 of his guests, my lord Duke had spoken for the first time to her ladyship of Dunstanwolde's sister, the gentle Mistress Anne. His Grace had chanced to encounter this lady under such circumstances as naturally led them to address each other, and he being glad to have speech with her on whom his thoughts had dwelt so kindly4, had remained in attendance upon her, escorting her through the crowd of celebrities5 and leading her to the supper-room for refreshment6. Had she been wholly a stranger to him, she was one who would have appealed to his heart and touched it, she was so slight and modest a creature, her eyes so soft and loving and her low voice so timid. Such women always moved him and awakened7 in him that tenderness the weak should always waken in the strong. But Mistress Anne did more; seeming to him, when she spoke3 of her sister or looked at her, surely the fondest creature Nature had ever made.
"I understand now," his Grace had said to her as they talked, "why her ladyship says that 'twas you who first taught her what love meant."
A soft colour flooded Mistress Anne's whole face as she lifted it to look at him who stood so tall above her smallness.
"Did she so?" she exclaimed. "Did she so?" And her soft dull eyes seemed about to fill with tears.
"Truly she did, madam," he answered with warm feeling, "and added, too, that until you taught her she had never before beheld8 it."
"I—oh, I am grateful!" said Mistress Anne. "I never dreamed that I—But in these days, she hath a way of always saying that which makes one happy."
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kinsman
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throng
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| n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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spoke
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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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kindly
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| adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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celebrities
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| n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉 | |
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refreshment
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awakened
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| v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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beheld
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amber
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moors
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hues
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| 色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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crimson
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sumptuous
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| (六角)转台( turret的名词复数 ); (战舰和坦克等上的)转动炮塔; (摄影机等上的)镜头转台; (旧时攻城用的)塔车 | |
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orchards
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| (通常指围起来的)果园( orchard的名词复数 ) | |
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| 混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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chirping
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| 鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 ) | |
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flirted
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armour
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trophies
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| n.(为竞赛获胜者颁发的)奖品( trophy的名词复数 );奖杯;(尤指狩猎或战争中获得的)纪念品;(用于比赛或赛跑名称)奖 | |
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forth
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gallop
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frenzied
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lighting
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yearning
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seclusion
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decency
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whining
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pensioner
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marvel
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knaves
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repent
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rascals
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| 流氓( rascal的名词复数 ); 无赖; (开玩笑说法)淘气的人(尤指小孩); 恶作剧的人 | |
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miserable
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thatches
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noisome
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drawn
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rheumatism
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mouldering
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rosy
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dame
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brutal
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grumbled
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sweeping
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garb
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