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CHAPTER 30 On Tyburn Hill
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There was none knew her as her husband did—none in the world—though so many were her friends and worshippers. As he loved her he knew her, the passion of his noble heart giving him clearer and more watchful1 eyes than any other. Truth was, indeed, that she herself did not know how much he saw and pondered on and how tender his watch upon her was.
The dark shadow in her eyes he had first noted2, the look which would pass over her face sometimes at a moment when 'twas brightest, when it glowed with tenderest love for himself or with deepest yearning3 over the children who were given to them as time passed, for there were born to fill their home four sons who were like young gods for strength and beauty, and two daughters as fair things as Nature ever made to promise perfect womanhood.
And how she loved and tended them, and how they joyed in their young lives and worshipped and revered5 her!
"When I was a child, Gerald," she said to their father, "I was unhappy—and 'tis a hideous6 thing that a child should be so. I loved none and none loved me, and though all feared my rage and gave me my will, I was restless and savage7 and a rebel, though I knew not why. There were hours—I did not know their meaning, and hated them—when I was seized with fits of horrid8 loneliness and would hide myself in the woods, and roll in the dead leaves, and curse myself and all things because I was wretched. I used to think that I was angered at my dogs, or my horse, or some servant, or my father, and would pour forth9 oaths at them—but 'twas not they. Our children must be happy—they must be happy, Gerald. I will have them happy!"
What a mother they had in her!—a creature who could be wild with play and laughter with them, who was so beauteous that even in
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watchful
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joyful
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penance
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exclamation
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gaily
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countenance
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royalty
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passionate
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gratitude
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cleanse
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dispel
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kennel
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kennels
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noisome
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vaguely
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rumoured
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rumour
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gilt
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chattering
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| n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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larceny
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pickpockets
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wretches
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plumes
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| 羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物 | |
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battered
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virago
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shrieking
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vengeance
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