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Lady Susan Vernon to Mrs. Johnson
Langford.
You were mistaken, my dear Alicia, in supposing me fixed1 at this place for the rest of the winter: it grieves me to say how greatly you were mistaken, for I have seldom spent three months more agreeably than those which have just flown away. At present, nothing goes smoothly2; the females of the family are united against me. You foretold3 how it would be when I first came to Langford, and Mainwaring is so uncommonly4 pleasing that I was not without apprehensions5 for myself. I remember saying to myself, as I drove to the house, “I like this man, pray Heaven no harm come of it!” But I was determined6 to be discreet7, to bear in mind my being only four months a widow, and to be as quiet as possible: and I have been so, my dear creature; I have admitted no one’s attentions but Mainwaring’s. I have avoided all general flirtation8 whatever; I have distinguished9 no creature besides, of all the numbers resorting hither, except Sir James Martin, on whom I bestowed10 a little notice, in order to detach him from Miss Mainwaring; but, if the world could know my motive11 THERE they would honour me. I have been called an unkind mother, but it was the sacred impulse of maternal12 affection, it was the advantage of my daughter that led me on; and if that daughter were not the greatest simpleton on earth, I might have been rewarded for my
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1 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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v.预言,预示( foretell的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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adv. 稀罕(极,非常) | |
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5 apprehensions | |
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6 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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7 discreet | |
adj.(言行)谨慎的;慎重的;有判断力的 | |
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8 flirtation | |
n.调情,调戏,挑逗 | |
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9 distinguished | |
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
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10 bestowed | |
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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11 motive | |
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
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12 maternal | |
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的 | |
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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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n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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15 repented | |
对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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16 contemptibly | |
adv.卑鄙地,下贱地 | |
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17 incensed | |
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使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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19 guardian | |
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者 | |
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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n.怨愤,忿恨 | |
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