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Nina, as she returned home from the Jews’ quarter to her father’s house in the Kleinseite, paused for a while on the bridge to make some resolution — some resolution that should be fixed1 — as to her immediate2 conduct. Should she first tell her story to her father, or first to her aunt Sophie? There were reasons for and against either plan. And if to her father first, then should she tell it to-night? She was nervously3 anxious to rush at once at her difficulties, and to be known to all who belonged to her as the girl who had given herself to the Jew. It was now late in the evening, and the moon was shining brightly on the palace over against her. The colonnades4 seemed to be so close to her that there could hardly be room for any portion of the city to cluster itself between them and the river. She stood looking up at the great building, and fell again into her trick of counting the windows, thereby5 saving herself a while from the difficult task of following out the train of her thoughts. But what were the windows of the palace to her? So she walked on again till she reached a spot on the bridge at which she almost always paused a moment to perform a little act of devotion. There, having a place in the long row of huge statues which adorn6 the bridge, is the figure of the martyr7 St John Nepomucene, who at this spot was thrown into the river because he would not betray the secrets of a queen’s confession8, and was drowned, and who has ever been, from that period downwards9, the favourite saint of Prague — and of bridges. On the balustrade, near the figure, there is a small plate inserted in the stone-work and good Catholics, as they pass over the river, put their hands upon the plate, and then kiss their fingers. So shall they be saved from drowning and from all
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n.石柱廊( colonnade的名词复数 ) | |
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saviour
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nun
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pariah
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wrath
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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housekeeper
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处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑 | |
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militant
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defiance
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n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗 | |
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abominable
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persecute
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vt.迫害,虐待;纠缠,骚扰 | |
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persecuted
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nuptials
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degradation
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misery
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secrecy
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persecution
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mule
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mischief
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calf
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pauper
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