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WITHIN TWO WEEKS Scarlett had become a wife, and within two months more she was awidow. She was soon released from the bonds she had assumed with so much haste and so littlethought, but she was never again to know the careless freedom of her unmarried days. Widowhoodhad crowded closely on the heels of marriage but, to her dismay, motherhood soon followed.
In after years when she thought of those last days of April, 1861, Scarlett could never quiteremember details. Time and events were telescoped, jumbled2 together like a nightmare that had noreality or reason. Till the day she died there would be blank spots in her memories of those days.
Especially vague were her recollections of the time between her acceptance of Charles and herwedding. Two weeks! So short an engagement would have been impossible in times of peace.
Then there would have been a decorous interval3 of a year or at least six months. But the South wasaflame with war, events roared along as swiftly as if carried by a mighty4 wind and the slow tempoof the old days was gone. Ellen had wrung5 her hands and counseled delay, in order that Scarlettmight think the matter over at greater length. But to her pleadings, Scarlett turned a sullen6 face and a deaf ear. Marry she would! and quickly too. Within two weeks.
  Learning that Ashley’s wedding had been moved up from the autumn to the first of May, so hecould leave with the Troop as soon as it was called into service, Scarlett set the date of herwedding for the day before his. Ellen protested but Charles pleaded with new-found eloquence7, forhe was impatient to be off to South Carolina to join Wade8 Hampton’s Legion, and Gerald sidedwith the two young people. He was excited by the war fever and pleased that Scarlett had made sogood a match, and who was he to stand in the way of young love when there was a war? Ellen,distracted, finally gave in as other mothers throughout the South were doing. Their leisured worldhad been turned topsy-turvy, and their pleadings, prayers and advice availed nothing against thepowerful forces 
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     scarlet 
      
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| n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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     jumbled 
      
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| adj.混乱的;杂乱的 | |
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     interval 
      
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| n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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     mighty 
      
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| adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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     wrung 
      
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| 绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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     sullen 
      
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| adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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     eloquence 
      
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     wade 
      
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     sweeping 
      
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     intoxicated 
      
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     enlist 
      
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| vt.谋取(支持等),赢得;征募;vi.入伍 | |
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     gaily 
      
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     scarlets 
      
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     blues 
      
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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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     turmoil 
      
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     afterward 
      
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     flaring 
      
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     aisle 
      
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| n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道 | |
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     stammering 
      
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     dressing 
      
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| n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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     applied 
      
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     anguish 
      
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     spoke 
      
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     hoarse 
      
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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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     delicacy 
      
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     subsided 
      
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     parlor 
      
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     throng 
      
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| n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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     irrelevantly 
      
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     sobbing 
      
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     bereft 
      
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     bonneted 
      
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     bonnet 
      
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| n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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     sedate 
      
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     bent 
      
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| n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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     drawn 
      
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     taut 
      
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     smothered 
      
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| (使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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     dignified 
      
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| a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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     trifling 
      
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     ignominiously 
      
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     pneumonia 
      
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| n.肺炎 | |
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     discomfort 
      
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| n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便 | |
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     distress 
      
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| n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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     privately 
      
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| adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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     physically 
      
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| adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律 | |
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     drooped 
      
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| 弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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     plantation 
      
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     puckered 
      
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     tonic 
      
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     perk 
      
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     irritable 
      
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     boredom 
      
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     devoid 
      
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     hogs 
      
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     middle-aged 
      
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     aloof 
      
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     catching 
      
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     lieutenant 
      
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| n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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     squeal 
      
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     distressed 
      
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| 痛苦的 | |
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     circumspect 
      
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     hideous 
      
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| adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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     jewelry 
      
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     tragic 
      
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| adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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     drearily 
      
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     widower 
      
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     posthumous 
      
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| adj.遗腹的;父亡后出生的;死后的,身后的 | |
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     disabuse 
      
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     wail 
      
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