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With a mind thus full of happiness, Catherine was hardly aware that two or three days had passed away, without her seeing Isabella for more than a few minutes together. She began first to be sensible of this, and to sigh for her conversation, as she walked along the pump-room one morning, by Mrs. Allen's side, without anything to say or to hear; and scarcely had she felt a five minutes' longing1 of friendship, before the object of it appeared, and inviting2 her to a secret conference, led the way to a seat. "This is my favourite place," said she as they sat down on a bench between the doors, which commanded a tolerable view of everybody entering at either; "it is so out of the way."
Catherine, observing that Isabella's eyes were continually bent3 towards one door or the other, as in eager expectation, and remembering how often she had been falsely accused of being arch, thought the present a fine opportunity for being really so; and therefore gaily4 said, "Do not be uneasy, Isabella, James will soon be here."
"Psha! My dear creature," she replied, "do not think me such a simpleton as to be always wanting to confine him to my elbow. It would be hideous5 to be always together; we should be the jest of the place. And so you are going to Northanger! I am amazingly glad of it. It is one of the finest old places in England, I understand. I shall depend upon a most particular description of it."
"You shall certainly have the best in my power to give. But who are you looking for? Are your sisters coming?"
"I am not looking for anybody. One's eyes must be somewhere, and you know what a foolish trick I have of fixing mine, when my thoughts are an hundred miles off. I am amazingly absent; I believe I am the most absent creature in the world. Tilney says it is always the case with minds of a certain stamp."
"But I thought, Isabella, you had something in particular to tell me?"
"Oh! Yes, and so I have. But here is a proof of what I was saying. My poor head, I had quite forgot it. Well, the thing is this: I have just had a letter from John; you can guess the contents."
"No, indeed, I cannot."
"My sweet love, do not be so
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longing
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n.(for)渴望 | |
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adj.诱人的,引人注目的 | |
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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gaily
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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abominably
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adv. 可恶地,可恨地,恶劣地 | |
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affected
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adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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modesty
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astonishment
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innocence
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n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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n.音节;vt.分音节 | |
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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determined
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acquit
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vt.宣判无罪;(oneself)使(自己)表现出 | |
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liking
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n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢 | |
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flirtation
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护 | |
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repent
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v.悔悟,悔改,忏悔,后悔 | |
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spoke
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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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n.代理权,代表权;(对代理人的)委托书;代理人 | |
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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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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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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egregious
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