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Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley were not detained long at Hartfield. The weather soon improved enough for those to move who must move; and Mr. Woodhouse having, as usual, tried to persuade his daughter to stay behind with all her children, was obliged to see the whole party set off, and return to his lamentations over the destiny of poor Isabella; - which poor Isabella, passing her life with those she doated on, full of their merits, blind to their faults, and always innocently busy, might have been a model of right feminine happiness.
The evening of the very day on which they went brought a note from Mr. Elton to Mr. Woodhouse, a long, civil, ceremonious note, to say, with Mr. Elton's best compliments, `that he was proposing to leave Highbury the following morning in his way to Bath; where, in compliance1 with the pressing entreaties2 of some friends, he had engaged to spend a few weeks, and very much regretted the impossibility he was under, from various circumstances of weather and business, of taking a personal leave of Mr. Woodhouse, of whose friendly civilities he should ever retain a grateful sense - and had Mr. Woodhouse any commands, should be happy to attend to them.'
Emma was most agreeably surprized. - Mr. Elton's absence just at this time was the very thing to be desired. She admired him for contriving3 it, though not able to give him much credit for the manner in which it was announced. Resentment4 could not have been more plainly spoken than in a civility to her father, from which she was so pointedly5 excluded. She had not even a share in his opening compliments. - Her name was not mentioned; - and there was so striking a change in all this, and such an ill-judged solemnity of leave-taking in his graceful6 acknowledgments, as she thought, at first, could not escape her father's suspicion.
It did, however. - Her father was quite taken up with the surprize of so sudden a journey, and his fears that Mr. Elton might never get safely to the end of it, and saw nothing extraordinary in his language. It was a very useful note, for it supplied them with fresh matter for thought and conversation during the rest of their lonely evening. Mr. Woodhouse talked over his alarms, and Emma was in spirits to persuade them away with all her usual promptitude.
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compliance
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n.顺从;服从;附和;屈从 | |
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n.恳求,乞求( entreaty的名词复数 ) | |
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contriving
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(不顾困难地)促成某事( contrive的现在分词 ); 巧妙地策划,精巧地制造(如机器); 设法做到 | |
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resentment
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n.怨愤,忿恨 | |
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pointedly
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adv.尖地,明显地 | |
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graceful
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adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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penance
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n.(赎罪的)惩罪 | |
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industriously
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confession
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n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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ingenuousness
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n.率直;正直;老实 | |
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disposition
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n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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simplicity
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n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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modesty
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n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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humble
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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discreet
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adj.(言行)谨慎的;慎重的;有判断力的 | |
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thoroughly
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的 | |
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attachment
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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extinction
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n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种 | |
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resolutely
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adj.坚决地,果断地 | |
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inevitable
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adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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inclination
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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indifference
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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adoration
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n.爱慕,崇拜 | |
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