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CHAPTER X MISS MCDONALD
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She took that name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation1 for one who clad herself almost in widow's weeds, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom's grave, more wretched and desolate2 than many a wife has felt when her husband was put from her sight.
Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for, knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier alone, but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom's death they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
It was spring-time now, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion4.
Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering5 of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
"Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as, with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
Guy had said it would be pleasant for her to refer to its pages in after years, little dreaming with what sore anguish6 of heart poor Daisy would one day weep over the senseless things recorded there.
"Can it be I was ever that silly little fool?" she said bitterly, as she finished her journal. "And how could Guy love me as I know he did. Oh, if I but had the chance again, I would make him so happy! Oh, Guy, Guy—my husband still—mine more than Julia's, if you could know how much I love you now; nor can I feel it wrong to do so, even though I never hope to see your face again. Guy, Guy, the world is so desolate, and I am young, only twenty-three, and life is so long and dreary7
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1 appellation | |
n.名称,称呼 | |
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adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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3 den | |
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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4 seclusion | |
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5 sundering | |
v.隔开,分开( sunder的现在分词 ) | |
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6 anguish | |
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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7 dreary | |
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8 morbid | |
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9 lament | |
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10 chapel | |
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11 eloquence | |
n.雄辩;口才,修辞 | |
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12 scotch | |
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14 hymn | |
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15 eloquent | |
adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的 | |
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16 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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17 dwelling | |
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18 inclination | |
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19 spoke | |
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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21 rebuked | |
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22 blessing | |
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23 needy | |
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24 attire | |
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25 affected | |
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26 destitution | |
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27 dwellings | |
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28 longing | |
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29 belle | |
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30 testimony | |
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31 graceful | |
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32 ragged | |
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33 vilest | |
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34 miscreant | |
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35 analyze | |
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36 bevy | |
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37 velvet | |
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38 garb | |
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39 inmates | |
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40 dens | |
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41 defile | |
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42 advent | |
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45 smothered | |
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47 remunerative | |
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48 bent | |
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49 caresses | |
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50 writ | |
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52 awfully | |
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53 untie | |
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54 seep | |
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55 likeness | |
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56 parlor | |
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57 dreariness | |
沉寂,可怕,凄凉 | |
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58 fatigue | |
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59 flannels | |
法兰绒男裤; 法兰绒( flannel的名词复数 ) | |
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60 bonbons | |
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61 retired | |
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62 instigated | |
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63 thither | |
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64 eldest | |
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65 precocious | |
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66 aprons | |
围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份) | |
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67 devoured | |
吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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68 gasps | |
v.喘气( gasp的第三人称单数 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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69 suffocation | |
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70 throbbing | |
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71 pang | |
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72 yearning | |
a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的 | |
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73 bosom | |
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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74 torrents | |
n.倾注;奔流( torrent的名词复数 );急流;爆发;连续不断 | |
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75 sobs | |
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76 touching | |
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77 exhausted | |
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78 remonstrated | |
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79 parental | |
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80 ruffled | |
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81 divers | |
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82 recipient | |
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83 costly | |
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84 delusion | |
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85 tardiness | |
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86 deliberately | |
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87 impatience | |
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88 untying | |
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89 exclamations | |
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90 perfectly | |
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91 assented | |
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92 expressive | |
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