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Chapter 16 Copperhouse Cross and Broughton Spinnies
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After all, the thing had not been so very bad. With a little courage and hardihood we can survive very great catastrophes1, and go through them even without broken bones. Phineas, when he got up to his room, found that he had spent the evening in company with Madame Goesler, and had not suffered materially, except at the very first moment of the meeting. He had not said a word to the lady, except such as were spoken in mixed conversation with her and others; but they had been together, and no bones had been broken. It could not be that his old intimacy3 should be renewed, but he could now encounter her in society, as the Fates might direct, without a renewal4 of that feeling of dismay which had been so heavy on him.
He was about to undress when there came a knock at the door, and his host entered the room. “What do you mean to do about smoking?” Lord Chiltern asked.
“Nothing at all.”
“There’s a fire in the smoking-room, but I’m tired, and I want to go to bed, Baldock doesn’t smoke, Gerard Maule is smoking in his own room, I take it. You’ll probably find Spooner at this moment established somewhere in the back slums, having a pipe with old Doggett, and planning retribution. You can join them if you please.”
“Not tonight, I think. They wouldn’t trust me — and I should spoil their plans.”
“They certainly wouldn’t trust you — or any other human being. You don’t mind a horse that baulks a little, do you?”
“I’m not going to hunt, Chiltern.”
“Yes, you are. I’ve got it all arranged. Don’t you be a fool, and make us all uncomfortable. Everybody rides here — every man, woman, and child about the place. You shall have one of the best horses I’ve got — only you must be particular about your spurs.”
“Indeed, I’d rather not. The truth is, I can’t afford to ride my own horses, and therefore I’d rather not ride my friends’.”
“That’s all gammon. When Violet wrote she told you you’d be expected to come out. Your old flame, Madame Max, will be there, and I tell you she has a very pretty idea of keeping to hounds. Only Dandolo has that little defect.”
“Is Dandolo the horse?”
“Yes — Dandolo is the horse. He’s up to a stone over your weight, and can do any mortal thing within a horse’s compass. Cox won’t ride him because he baulks, and so he has come into my stable. If you’ll only let him know that you’re on his back, and have got a pair of spurs on your heels with rowels in them, he’ll take you anywhere. Goodnight, old fellow. You can smoke if you choose, you know.”
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n.灾祸( catastrophe的名词复数 );灾难;不幸事件;困难 | |
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denizen
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exclusion
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essentially
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outskirts
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hilarity
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groom
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canvass
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v.招徕顾客,兜售;游说;详细检查,讨论 | |
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preservation
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lachrymose
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galloped
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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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gallop
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v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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reverenced
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v.尊敬,崇敬( reverence的过去式和过去分词 );敬礼 | |
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commotion
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thither
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judgment
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brute
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egress
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gallantly
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twitch
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momentum
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confession
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severely
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scrambled
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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vestige
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allusion
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