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Chapter 16 Mustered In
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CHRISTIE'S return was a very happy one, and could not well beotherwise with a mother, sister, and lover to welcome her back. Hermeeting with Letty was indescribably tender, and the days thatfollowed were pretty equally divided between her and her brother, innursing the one and loving the other. There was no cloud now inChristie's sky, and all the world seemed in bloom. But even whileshe enjoyed every hour of life, and begrudged1 the time given tosleep, she felt as if the dream was too beautiful to last, and oftensaid:
"Something will happen: such perfect happiness is not possible inthis world.""Then let us make the most of it," David would reply, wisely bent2 ongetting his honey while he could, and not borrowing trouble for themorrow.
So Christie turned a deaf ear to her "prophetic soul," and gaveherself up to the blissful holiday that had come at last. Even whileMarch winds were howling outside, she blissfully "poked4 in the dirt"with David in the green-house, put up the curly lock as often as sheliked, and told him she loved him a dozen times a day, not in words,but in silent ways, that touched him to the heart, and made hisfuture look so bright he hardly dared believe in it.
A happier man it would have been difficult to find just then; allhis burdens seemed to have fallen off, and his spirits rose againwith an elasticity5 which surprised even those who knew him best.
Christie often stopped to watch and wonder if the blithe6 young manwho went whistling and singing about the house, often stopping tokiss somebody, to joke, or to exclaim with a beaming face like achild at a party: "Isn't every thing beautiful?" could be the sober,steady David, who used to plod8 to and fro with his shoulders alittle bent, and the absent look in his eyes that told of thoughtsabove or beyond the daily task.
It was good to see his mother rejoice over him with an exceedinggreat joy; it was better still to see Letty's eyes follow him withunspeakable love and
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解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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