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Chapter 1
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December 12th, 1747. — My life has been strangely bound up with extraordinary incidents, some of which occurred before I had any connection with the principal actors in them, or, indeed, before I even knew of their existence. I suppose, most old men are, like me, more given to looking back upon their own career with a kind of fond interest and affectionate remembrance, than to watching the events — though these may have far more interest for the multitude — immediately passing before their eyes. If this should be the case with the generality of old people, how much more so with me! . . . If I am to enter upon that strange story connected with poor Lucy, I must begin a long way back. I myself only came to the knowledge of her family history after I knew her; but, to make the tale clear to any one else, I must arrange events in the order in which they occurred — not that in which I became acquainted with them.
There is a great old hall in the north-east of Lancashire, in a part they call the Trough of Bolland, adjoining that other district named Craven. Starkey Manor-House is rather like a number of rooms clustered round a grey, massive, old keep than a regularly-built hall. Indeed, I suppose that the house only consisted of the great tower in the centre, in the days when the Scots made their raids terrible as far south as this; and that after the Stuarts came in, and there was a little more security of property in those parts, the Starkeys of that time added the lower building, which runs, two stories high, all round the base of the keep. There has been a grand garden laid out in my days, on the southern slope near the house; but when I first knew the place, the kitchen-garden at the farm was the only piece of cultivated ground belonging to it. The deer used to come within sight of the drawing-room windows, and might have browsed2 quite close up to the house if they had not been too wild and shy. Starkey Manor-House itself stood on a projection3 or peninsula of high land, jutting4 out from the abrupt5 hills that form the sides of the Trough of Bolland. These hills were rocky and bleak6 enough towards their summit; lower down they were clothed with tangled
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1 vent | |
n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄 | |
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v.吃草( browse的过去式和过去分词 );随意翻阅;(在商店里)随便看看;(在计算机上)浏览信息 | |
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3 projection | |
n.发射,计划,突出部分 | |
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4 jutting | |
v.(使)突出( jut的现在分词 );伸出;(从…)突出;高出 | |
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5 abrupt | |
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的 | |
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6 bleak | |
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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7 tangled | |
adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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9 noted | |
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10 landmarks | |
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12 herds | |
兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众 | |
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13 feudal | |
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14 requisite | |
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15 mortar | |
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16 dwellings | |
n.住处,处所( dwelling的名词复数 ) | |
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17 highland | |
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18 esteem | |
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19 esteeming | |
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20 scent | |
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21 follower | |
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22 disastrous | |
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23 monarch | |
n.帝王,君主,最高统治者 | |
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24 zealous | |
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25 asceticism | |
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26 inspection | |
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27 usurper | |
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28 impoverished | |
adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化 | |
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29 squire | |
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30 pony | |
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31 mantle | |
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32 scattered | |
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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33 gaping | |
adj.口的;张口的;敞口的;多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 );张开,张大 | |
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34 spoke | |
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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35 descended | |
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36 middle-aged | |
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37 passionate | |
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38 blessing | |
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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39 bent | |
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40 onward | |
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42 chambers | |
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43 knack | |
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44 picturesqueness | |
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45 carvings | |
n.雕刻( carving的名词复数 );雕刻术;雕刻品;雕刻物 | |
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46 plentiful | |
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47 unwilling | |
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48 nominally | |
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49 moth | |
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50 secular | |
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51 shun | |
vt.避开,回避,避免 | |
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52 reconciliations | |
和解( reconciliation的名词复数 ); 一致; 勉强接受; (争吵等的)止息 | |
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53 continental | |
adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的 | |
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54 forth | |
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55 sobbing | |
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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56 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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57 ponderous | |
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58 whine | |
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59 anguish | |
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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60 virgin | |
n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的 | |
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61 woes | |
困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉 | |
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62 devoted | |
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63 putrid | |
adj.腐臭的;有毒的;已腐烂的;卑劣的 | |
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64 entail | |
vt.使承担,使成为必要,需要 | |
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65 monastery | |
n.修道院,僧院,寺院 | |
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66 guardians | |
监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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67 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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68 annuity | |
n.年金;养老金 | |
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69 gnawed | |
咬( gnaw的过去式和过去分词 ); (长时间) 折磨某人; (使)苦恼; (长时间)危害某事物 | |
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70 sociable | |
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71 illiterate | |
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72 torpid | |
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73 deserted | |
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74 hinds | |
n.(常指动物腿)后面的( hind的名词复数 );在后的;(通常与can或could连用)唠叨不停;滔滔不绝 | |
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75 rust | |
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76 havoc | |
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱 | |
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77 quenched | |
解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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78 vehement | |
adj.感情强烈的;热烈的;(人)有强烈感情的 | |
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79 touching | |
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80 avenge | |
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81 ascending | |
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82 pitcher | |
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83 scorched | |
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
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84 nay | |
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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85 converse | |
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86 groom | |
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87 blessings | |
n.(上帝的)祝福( blessing的名词复数 );好事;福分;因祸得福 | |
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88 vexed | |
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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89 glazing | |
n.玻璃装配业;玻璃窗;上釉;上光v.装玻璃( glaze的现在分词 );上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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90 sullen | |
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91 penitence | |
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92 stiffened | |
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93 fixed | |
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94 loathing | |
n.厌恶,憎恨v.憎恨,厌恶( loathe的现在分词);极不喜欢 | |
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95 ominous | |
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96 hovered | |
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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97 flickering | |
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98 betokened | |
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99 contented | |
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100 lessen | |
vt.减少,减轻;缩小 | |
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101 knave | |
n.流氓;(纸牌中的)杰克 | |
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102 humbled | |
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