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CHAPTER XLV.
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“I’ll marry you, Wuffie,” said Mouse, three days later as she walked along a secluded1 alley2 of the Casino gardens, whilst the sun sparkled on marble balustrades and glossy3 orange leaves. “No; pray spare me those ecstasies4, and for goodness sake don’t use German endearments5; it sets my nerves on edge. Listen; there is a condition; perhaps you’ll set your back up at it, and if you do I shall marry somebody else. Il n’y a que l’embarras du choix.”
She only cared for Woffram’s consent because he was the only one amongst her adorers who could be brought with decent reason to accept Vanderlin’s money; the only one also who combined the poverty which could be bought with the high rank which would conceal6 the sale.
Besides, he was, as she said, a very pretty boy, with a Cupidon’s face and a grenadier’s frame, and she thought that he would make bon ménage, i.e., do exactly as he was told to do.
She knew society too well not to know that an English duchess is a really much greater person than a German Serenissime, but she was tired of being Duchess of Otterbourne on twopence-halfpenny a year, and being under tutelage and coercion7; and there were one or two royal princesses whom she especially detested8 to whom it would be amusing to be cousin by marriage, she could scratch them so deftly9 with the softest of velvet10 paws.
On the whole, she thought it was the best thing to do, so she
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狂喜( ecstasy的名词复数 ); 出神; 入迷; 迷幻药 | |
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confession
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fidelity
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astonishment
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benefactor
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lieutenant
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n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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gravel
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使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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使人畏缩的,使人害羞的,使人难堪的 | |
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lodging
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triumphantly
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ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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analyze
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acquit
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gratitude
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