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Chapter 19 Little Heart's-Ease
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WHEN it was all over, the long journey home, the quiet funeral, thefirst sad excitement, then came the bitter moment when life says tothe bereaved1: "Take up your burden and go on alone." Christie's hadbeen the still, tearless grief hardest to bear, most impossible tocomfort; and, while Mrs. Sterling2 bore her loss with the sweetpatience of a pious3 heart, and Letty mourned her brother with thetender sorrow that finds relief in natural ways, the widow sat amongthem, as tranquil4, colorless, and mute, as if her soul had followedDavid, leaving the shadow of her former self behind.
"He will not come to me, but I shall go to him," seemed to be thethought that sustained her, and those who loved her saiddespairingly to one another: "Her heart is broken: she will notlinger long."But one woman wise in her own motherliness always answeredhopefully: "Don't you be troubled; Nater knows what's good for us,and works in her own way. Hearts like this don't break, and sorreronly makes 'em stronger. You mark my words: the blessed baby that'sa comin' in the summer will work a merrycle, and you'll see thispoor dear a happy woman yet."Few believed in the prophecy; but Mrs. Wilkins stoutly5 repeated itand watched over Christie like a mother; often trudging6 up the lanein spite of wind or weather to bring some dainty mess, someremarkable puzzle in red or yellow calico to be used as a patternfor the little garments the three women sewed with such tenderinterest, consecrated8 with such tender tears; or news of the warfresh from Lisha who "was goin' to see it through ef he come homewithout a leg to stand on." A cheery, hopeful, wholesome9 influenceshe brought with her, and all the house seemed to brighten as shesat there freeing her mind upon every subject that came up, from thedelicate little shirts Mrs. Sterling knit in spite of failingeyesight, to the fall of Richmond, which, the prophetic spirit beingstrong within her, Mrs. Wilkins
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bereaved
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adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去(希望、生命等)( bereave的过去式和过去分词);(尤指死亡)使丧失(亲人、朋友等);使孤寂;抢走(财物) | |
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(军队的)团( regiment的名词复数 ); 大量的人或物 | |
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rebellious
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submission
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gratitude
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eulogy
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consolation
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gaily
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adoration
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idol
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flannel
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(使)集合,聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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degradation
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swell
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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hospitably
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亲切地,招待周到地,善于款待地 | |
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grumbled
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