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A few days passed away, and Catherine, though not allowing herself to suspect her friend, could not help watching her closely. The result of her observations was not agreeable. Isabella seemed an altered creature. When she saw her, indeed, surrounded only by their immediate1 friends in Edgar's Buildings or Pulteney Street, her change of manners was so trifling2 that, had it gone no farther, it might have passed unnoticed. A something of languid indifference3, or of that boasted absence of mind which Catherine had never heard of before, would occasionally come across her; but had nothing worse appeared, that might only have spread a new grace and inspired a warmer interest. But when Catherine saw her in public, admitting Captain Tilney's attentions as readily as they were offered, and allowing him almost an equal share with James in her notice and smiles, the alteration4 became too positive to be passed over. What could be meant by such unsteady conduct, what her friend could be at, was beyond her comprehension. Isabella could not be aware of the pain she was inflicting5; but it was a degree of wilful6 thoughtlessness which Catherine could not but resent. James was the sufferer. She saw him grave and uneasy; and however careless of his present comfort the woman might be who had given him her heart, to her it was always an object. For poor Captain Tilney too she was greatly concerned. Though his looks did not please her, his name was a passport to her goodwill7, and she thought with sincere compassion8 of his approaching disappointment; for, in spite of what she had believed herself to overhear in the pump-room, his behaviour was so incompatible9 with a knowledge of Isabella's engagement that she could not, upon reflection, imagine him aware of it. He might be jealous of her brother as a rival, but if more had seemed implied, the fault must have been in her misapprehension. She wished, by a gentle
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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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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compassion
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adj.不相容的,不协调的,不相配的 | |
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n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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remonstrance
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consolation
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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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恳求,乞求( entreat的现在分词 ) | |
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miserable
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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v.调情,挑逗,调戏;n.调情者,卖俏者 | |
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v.调情,打情骂俏( flirt的第三人称单数 ) | |
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jealousy
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regiment
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