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Could Sir Thomas have seen all his niece's feelings, when she wrote her first letter to her aunt, he would not have despaired; for though a good night's rest, a pleasant morning, the hope of soon seeing William again, and the comparatively quiet state of the house, from Tom and Charles being gone to school, Sam on some project of his own, and her father on his usual lounges, enabled her to express herself cheerfully on the subject of home, there were still, to her own perfect consciousness, many drawbacks suppressed. Could he have seen only half that she felt before the end of a week, he would have thought Mr. Crawford sure of her, and been delighted with his own sagacity.
Before the week ended, it was all disappointment. In the first place, William was gone. The Thrush had had her orders, the wind had changed, and he was sailed within four days from their reaching Portsmouth; and during those days she had seen him only twice, in a short and hurried way, when he had come ashore1 on duty. There had been no free conversation, no walk on the ramparts, no visit to the dockyard, no acquaintance with the Thrush, nothing of all that they had planned and depended on. Everything in that quarter failed her, except William's affection. His last thought on leaving home was for her. He stepped back again to the door to say, "Take care of Fanny, mother. She is tender, and not used to rough it like the rest of us. I charge you, take care of Fanny."
William was gone: and the home he had left her in was, Fanny could not conceal2 it from herself, in almost every respect the very reverse of what she could have wished. It was the abode3 of noise, disorder4, and impropriety. Nobody was in their right place, nothing was done as it ought to be. She could not respect her parents as she had hoped. On her father, her confidence had not been sanguine6, but he was more negligent7 of his family, his habits were worse, and his manners coarser, than she had been prepared for. He did not want abilities but he had no curiosity, and no information beyond his profession; he read only the newspaper and the navy-list; he talked only of the dockyard, the harbour, Spithead, and the Motherbank; he swore and he drank, he was dirty and gross. She had never been able to recall anything approaching to tenderness in his former treatment of herself. There had remained only a general impression of roughness and loudness; and now he scarcely ever noticed her, but to make her the object of a coarse joke.
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adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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abode
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n.住处,住所 | |
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n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调 | |
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propriety
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n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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sanguine
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adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
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negligent
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attachment
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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bestow
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maternal
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adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的 | |
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solicitude
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n.焦虑 | |
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bustle
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v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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lamenting
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adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 ) | |
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economist
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n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人 | |
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regularity
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helping
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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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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disposition
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n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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affluence
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n.充裕,富足 | |
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n.努力( exertion的名词复数 );费力;(能力、权力等的)运用;行使 | |
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scruple
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n./v.顾忌,迟疑 | |
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dawdle
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vi.浪费时间;闲荡 | |
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discomfort
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lessen
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vt.减少,减轻;缩小 | |
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perseverance
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n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠 | |
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despatch
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n./v.(dispatch)派遣;发送;n.急件;新闻报道 | |
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linen
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n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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spurning
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v.一脚踢开,拒绝接受( spurn的现在分词 ) | |
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remonstrances
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persuasions
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n.劝说,说服(力)( persuasion的名词复数 );信仰 | |
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expediency
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n.适宜;方便;合算;利己 | |
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riotous
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adj.骚乱的;狂欢的 | |
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n.发脾气,生气,易怒,暴躁,性急 | |
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distressing
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a.使人痛苦的 | |
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provocation
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repose
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inmates
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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abrupt
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adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的 | |
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irritations
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n.激怒( irritation的名词复数 );恼怒;生气;令人恼火的事 | |
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trifling
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tumult
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n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹 | |
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clatter
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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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tempted
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v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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celebrated
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adj.有名的,声誉卓著的 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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celibacy
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