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Chapter 13 Waking Up
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EVERY thing did "go beautifully" for a time; so much so, thatChristie began to think she really had "got religion." A delightfulpeace pervaded1 her soul, a new interest made the dullest taskagreeable, and life grew so inexpressibly sweet that she felt as ifshe could forgive all her enemies, love her friends more than ever,and do any thing great, good, or glorious.
She had known such moods before, but they had never lasted long, andwere not so intense as this; therefore, she was sure some blessedpower had come to uphold and cheer her. She sang like a lark2 as sheswept and dusted; thought high and happy thoughts among the pots andkettles, and, when she sat sewing, smiled unconsciously as if somedeep satisfaction made sunshine from within. Heart and soul seemedto wake up and rejoice as naturally and beautifully as flowers inthe spring. A soft brightness shone in her eyes, a fuller tonesounded in her voice, and her face grew young and blooming with thehappiness that transfigures all it touches.
"Christie 's growing handsome," David would say to his mother, as ifshe was a flower in which he took pride.
"Thee is a good gardener, Davy," the old lady would reply, and whenhe was busy would watch him with a tender sort of anxiety, as if todiscover a like change in him.
But no alteration3 appeared, except more cheerfulness and lesssilence; for now there was no need to hide his real self, and allthe social virtues4 in him came out delightfully5 after their longsolitude.
In her present uplifted state, Christie could no more help regardingDavid as a martyr7 and admiring him for it, than she could helpmixing sentiment with her sympathy. By the light of the lateconfessions, his life and character looked very different to hernow. His apparent contentment was resignation; his cheerfulness, amanly contempt for complaint; his reserve, the modest reticence
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4 virtues | |
美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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5 delightfully | |
大喜,欣然 | |
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6 solitude | |
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9 reticence | |
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10 hearty | |
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13 atone | |
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14 injustice | |
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17 refreshment | |
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18 softened | |
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19 complexion | |
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22 humdrum | |
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23 thoroughly | |
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24 fascination | |
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25 sterling | |
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26 devoted | |
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28 skilful | |
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30 concocting | |
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31 labor | |
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32 melancholy | |
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33 woe | |
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34 evading | |
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36 candor | |
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37 dodge | |
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38 perfectly | |
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39 worthy | |
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40 motive | |
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41 decided | |
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42 dismal | |
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43 loquacity | |
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44 vigor | |
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45 longing | |
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46 musing | |
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47 hood | |
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48 paternal | |
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49 imploring | |
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50 poked | |
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51 rosy | |
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52 gilt | |
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53 vivacious | |
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54 inviting | |
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55 prattle | |
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56 sagely | |
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57 spoke | |
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58 confiding | |
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59 behold | |
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60 hemmed | |
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61 covert | |
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62 tableau | |
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63 prettily | |
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64 rheumatism | |
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65 pang | |
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66 jealousy | |
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67 placid | |
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68 tormented | |
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69 eloquent | |
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70 faltered | |
(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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71 piqued | |
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72 sordid | |
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73 shunned | |
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74 entirely | |
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75 apparently | |
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76 parlor | |
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77 curiously | |
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78 atoned | |
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79 worthier | |
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80 fumbling | |
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81 serenity | |
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82 tact | |
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83 carmine | |
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84 possessed | |
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85 conceal | |
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86 unnatural | |
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87 housekeeper | |
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88 steadily | |
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89 succor | |
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90 determined | |
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91 treacherous | |
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92 blessing | |
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93 eloquence | |
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94 poignant | |
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95 lamented | |
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96 prospect | |
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97 reigning | |
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98 sentimental | |
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99 demonstrations | |
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100 wailing | |
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101 relics | |
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102 marketing | |
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103 speck | |
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104 bind | |
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105 memorable | |
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106 scentless | |
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107 graceful | |
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108 fervently | |
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109 gash | |
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110 caress | |
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111 passionate | |
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113 reverently | |
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117 invaluable | |
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118 accomplishment | |
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119 malice | |
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