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Parson’s Pleasure
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Parson’s Pleasure
MR BOGGIS WAS DRIVING the car slowly, leaning back comfortably in the seat with one
elbow resting on the sill of the open window. How beautiful the countryside, he thought; how
pleasant to see a sign or two of summer once again. The primroses1 especially. And the hawthorn2.
The hawthorn was exploding white and pink and red along the hedges and the primroses were
growing underneath3 in little clumps4, and it was beautiful.
He took one hand off the wheel and lit himself a cigarette. The best thing now, he told himself,
would be to make for the top of Brill Hill. He could see it about half a mile ahead. And that must
be the village of Brill, that cluster of cottages among the trees right on the very summit. Excellent.
Not many of his Sunday sections had a nice elevation5 like that to work from.
He drove up the hill and stopped the car just short of the summit on the outskirts6 of the village.
Then he got out and looked around. Down below, the countryside was spread out before him like a
huge green carpet. He could see for miles. It was perfect. He took a pad and pencil from his
pocket, leaned against the back of the car, and allowed his practised eye to travel slowly over the
landscape.
He could see one medium farmhouse7 over on the right, back in the fields, with a track leading to
it from the road. There was another larger one beyond it. There was a house surrounded by tall
elms that looked as though it might be a Queen Anne, and there were two likely farms away over
on the left. Five places in all. That was about the lot in this direction.
Mr Boggis drew a rough sketch8 on his pad showing the position of each so that he’d be able to
find them easily when he was down below, then he got back into the car and drove up through the
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primroses
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n.报春花( primrose的名词复数 );淡黄色;追求享乐(招至恶果) | |
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n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声 | |
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inventory
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adj.赚钱的,可获利的 | |
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Oxford
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manure
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eulogy
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socialists
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abolition
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bishop
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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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guffaw
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caning
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gracefully
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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