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Chapter XIII The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning
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At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
“Tell her that I can’t see her.”
But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out. I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
“I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
At this question I could contain myself no longer, and launched a storm of abuse at her. It was an explosion which relieved nature, and ended with an involuntary shower of tears. My infamous1 seductress stood as calmly as Innocence2 itself; and when I was so choked with sobs3 that I could not utter a word, she said she had only been cruel because her mother had made her swear an oath never to give herself to anyone in her own house, and that she had only come now to convince me of her love, to give herself to me without reserve, and never to leave me any more if I wished it.
The reader who imagines that at these words rage gave place to love, and that I hastened to obtain the prize, does not know the nature of the passion so well as the vile4 woman whose plaything I was. From hot love to hot anger is a short journey, but the return is slow and difficult. If there be only anger in a man’s breast it may be subdued5 by tenderness, by submission6, and affection; but when to anger is added a feeling of indignation at having been shamefully7 deceived, it is impossible to pass suddenly to thoughts of love and voluptuous8 enjoyment9. With me
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n.棘手( delicacy的名词复数 );精致;精美的食物;周到 | |
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exempt
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adj.免除的;v.使免除;n.免税者,被免除义务者 | |
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pall
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v.覆盖,使平淡无味;n.柩衣,棺罩;棺材;帷幕 | |
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constables
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n.警察( constable的名词复数 ) | |
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amicable
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adj.和平的,友好的;友善的 | |
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slander
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n./v.诽谤,污蔑 | |
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equitable
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adj.公平的;公正的 | |
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transgressed
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v.超越( transgress的过去式和过去分词 );越过;违反;违背 | |
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exalted
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adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的 | |
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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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attire
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v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装 | |
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kindly
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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condemned
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adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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confinement
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n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限 | |
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majesty
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n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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condemnation
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n.谴责; 定罪 | |
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accusation
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n.控告,指责,谴责 | |
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dread
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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calumny
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n.诽谤,污蔑,中伤 | |
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recollected
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adj.冷静的;镇定的;被回忆起的;沉思默想的v.记起,想起( recollect的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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abject
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adj.极可怜的,卑屈的 | |
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bribe
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n.贿赂;v.向…行贿,买通 | |
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misery
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n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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wretches
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n.不幸的人( wretch的名词复数 );可怜的人;恶棍;坏蛋 | |
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deriding
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v.取笑,嘲笑( deride的现在分词 ) | |
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contented
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adj.满意的,安心的,知足的 | |
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averting
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防止,避免( avert的现在分词 ); 转移 | |
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saluted
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v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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mortified
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v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 );伤害(人的感情);克制;抑制(肉体、情感等) | |
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annoyance
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n.恼怒,生气,烦恼 | |
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