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Chapter VI
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Mrs. Vernon to Mr. De Courcy
Churchhill.
Well, my dear Reginald, I have seen this dangerous creature, and must give you some description of her, though I hope you will soon be able to form your own judgment1 she is really excessively pretty; however you may choose to question the allurements2 of a lady no longer young, I must, for my own part, declare that I have seldom seen so lovely a woman as Lady Susan. She is delicately fair, with fine grey eyes and dark eyelashes; and from her appearance one would not suppose her more than five and twenty, though she must in fact be ten years older, I was certainly not disposed to admire her, though always hearing she was beautiful; but I cannot help feeling that she possesses an uncommon3 union of symmetry, brilliancy, and grace. Her address to me was so gentle, frank, and even affectionate, that, if I had not known how much she has always disliked me for marrying Mr. Vernon, and that we had never met before, I should have imagined her an attached friend. One is apt, I believe, to connect assurance of manner with coquetry, and to expect that an impudent4 address will naturally attend an impudent mind; at least I was myself prepared for an improper5 degree of confidence in Lady Susan; but her countenance6 is absolutely sweet, and her voice and manner winningly mild. I am sorry it is so, for what is this but deceit? Unfortunately, one knows her too well. She is clever and agreeable, has all that knowledge of the world which makes conversation easy, and talks very well, with a happy command of language, which is too often used, I believe, to make black appear white. She has already almost persuaded me of her being warmly attached to her daughter, though I have been so long convinced to the contrary. She speaks of her with so much tenderness and anxiety, lamenting7 so bitterly the neglect of her education, which she represents however as wholly unavoidable, that I am forced to
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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n.诱惑( allurement的名词复数 );吸引;诱惑物;有诱惑力的事物 | |
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adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的 | |
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adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的,厚颜无耻的 | |
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adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的 | |
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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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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recollect
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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retirement
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n.退休,退职 | |
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n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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