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The Last Hope Lost
“The Gods are just and of our pleasant vices1
Make instruments to plague us.”
It was full summer before I met Oscar again; he had come back to Paris and taken up his old quarters in the mean little hotel in the Rue2 des Beaux Arts. He lunched and dined with me as usual. His talk was as humorous and charming as ever, and he was just as engaging a companion. For the first time, however, he complained of his health:
“I ate some mussels and oysters3 in Italy, and they must have poisoned me; for I have come out in great red blotches4 all over my arms and chest and back, and I don’t feel well.”
“Have you consulted a doctor?”
“Oh, yes, but doctors are no good: they all advise you differently; the best of it is they all listen to you with an air of intense interest when you are talking about yourself — which is an excellent tonic5.”
“They sometimes tell one what’s the matter; give a name and significance to the unknown,” I interjected.
“They bore me by forbidding me to smoke and drink. They are worse than M— — who grudged6 me his wine.”
“What do you mean?” I asked in wonder.
“A tragi-comic history, Frank. You were so right about M—— and I was mistaken in him. You know he wanted me to stay with him at Gland7 in Switzerland, begged me to come, said he would do everything for me. When the weather got warm at Genoa I went to him. At first he seemed very glad to see me and made me welcome. The food was not very good, the drink anything but good, still I could not complain, and I put up with the discomforts8. But in a week or two the wine disappeared, and beer took its place, and I suggested I must be going. He begged me so cordially not to go that I stayed on; but in a little while I noticed that the beer got less and less in quantity, and one day when I ventured to ask for a second bottle at lunch he told me that it cost a great deal and that he could not afford it. Of course I made some decent
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缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳 | |
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怀恨(grudge的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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gaily
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champagne
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n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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astonishment
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appallingly
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misery
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pamper
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destitution
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n.穷困,缺乏,贫穷 | |
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outraged
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a.震惊的,义愤填膺的 | |
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delightful
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enjoyment
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sitting-room
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affected
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gilt
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preposterous
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bilious
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