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“I Remember only the expression of their faces when I opened the door. I remember that, because it awakened1 in me a feeling of sorrowful joy. It was an expression of terror, such as I desired. Never shall I forget that desperate and sudden fright that appeared on their faces when they saw me. He, I believe, was at the table, and, when he saw or heard me, he started, jumped to his feet, and retreated to the sideboard. Fear was the only sentiment that could be read with certainty in his face. In hers, too, fear was to be read, but accompanied by other impressions. And yet, if her face had expressed only fear, perhaps that which happened would not have happened. But in the expression of her face there was at the first moment — at least, I thought I saw it — a feeling of ennui2, of discontent, at this disturbance3 of her love and happiness. One would have said that her sole desire was not to be disturbed IN THE MOMENT OF HER HAPPINESS. But these expressions appeared upon their faces only for a moment. Terror almost immediately gave place to interrogation. Would they lie or not? If yes, they must begin. If not, something else was going to happen. But what?
“He gave her a questioning glance. On her face the expression of anguish4 and ennui changed, it seemed to me, when she looked at him, into an expression of anxiety for HIM. For a moment I stood in the doorway5, holding the dagger6 hidden behind my back. Suddenly he smiled, and in a voice that was indifferent almost to the point of ridicule7, he said:
“‘We were having some music.’
“‘I did not expect —,’ she began at the same time, chiming in with the tone of the other.
“But neither he nor she finished their remarks. The same rage that I had felt the previous week took possession of me. I felt the need of giving free course to my violence and ‘the joy of
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n.怠倦,无聊 | |
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disturbance
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n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调 | |
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wrath
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annihilate
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bosom
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scrambled
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frightful
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grotesque
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hatred
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n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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a.令人窒息的 | |
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repent
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killing
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drowsy
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