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CHAPTER XXVI A Dead Rose
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Sovereigns and their thrones, statesmen and their intrigues1, favourites and their quarrels—of what moment are they to a man whose heart is on fire and whose whole being resolves itself into but one thought of but one creature? My lord Duke went to France as he was commanded; he had been before at Versailles and Fontainebleau and Saint Germain, and there were eyes which brightened at the sight of his tall form, and there were men who while they greeted him with courteous2 bows and professions of flattering welcome exchanged side glances and asked each other momentous3 questions in private. He went about his business with discretion4 and diplomatic skill and found that he had no reason to despair of its accomplishment5, but all his thoughts of his errand, though he held his mind steady and could reason clearly on them, seemed to him like the thoughts of a man in a dream who only in his private moments awakened6 to the reality of existence.
"'Twas Fate again," he said, "Fate! who has always seemed to stalk in between! If I had gone to her on that 'to-morrow,' I should have poured forth7 my soul and hers would have answered me. But there shall be another to-morrow, and I swear it shall come soon."
There was but a few hours' journey by land, and the English Channel, between himself and London, and there was much passing to and fro; and though the French Court had stories enough of its own, new ones were always welcome, English gossip being thought to have a special heavy quaintness8, droll9 indeed. The Court of Louis found much entertainment in the Court of Anne, and the frivolities or romances of beauties who ate beef and drank beer and wore, 'twas said, the coquettish commode founded on lovely Fontange's lace handkerchief, as if it were a nightcap.
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intrigues
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discretion
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accomplishment
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awakened
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duels
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picturesque
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rumours
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disdain
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chattered
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vivacity
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salon
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| n.[法]沙龙;客厅;营业性的高级服务室 | |
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vice
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grooms
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dealer
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spoke
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admiration
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creditors
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| v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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demon
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jack
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sneering
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semblance
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killing
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disdained
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| 鄙视( disdain的过去式和过去分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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impudence
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passionate
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| adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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gratitude
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kinsman
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countenance
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brute
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resolute
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conqueror
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citadel
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sauciest
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longing
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