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Chapter 12. The King Receives.
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It may have been that Mademoiselle Nanon, the faithful confidante of Madame de Maintenon, had learned something of this interview, or it may be that Pere la Chaise, with the shrewdness for which his Order is famous, had come to the conclusion that publicity1 was the best means of holding the king to his present intention; but whatever the source, it was known all over the court next day that the old favourite was again in disgrace, and that there was talk of a marriage between the king and the governess of his children. It was whispered at the petit lever, confirmed at the grand entree3, and was common gossip by the time that the king had returned from chapel4. Back into wardrobe and drawer went the flaring5 silks and the feathered hats, and out once more came the sombre coat and the matronly dress. Scudery and Calpernedi gave place to the missal and St. Thomas a Kempis, while Bourdaloue, after preaching for a week to empty benches, found his chapel packed to the last seat with weary gentlemen and taper-bearing ladies. By midday there was none in the court who had not heard the tidings, save only Madame de Montespan, who, alarmed by her lover’s absence, had remained in haughty6 seclusion7 in her room, and knew nothing of what had passed. Many there were who would have loved to carry her the tidings; but the king’s changes had been frequent of late, and who would dare to make a mortal enemy of one who might, ere many weeks were past, have the lives and fortunes of the whole court in the hollow of her hand?
Louis, in his innate8 selfishness, had been so accustomed to regard every event entirely9 from the side of how it would affect himself, that it had never struck him that his long-suffering family, who had always yielded to him the absolute obedience
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publicity
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n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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mar
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entree
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chapel
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n.小教堂,殡仪馆 | |
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a.火焰摇曳的,过份艳丽的 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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obedience
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opposition
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complaisant
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travesty
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stature
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monarch
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conceal
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scattered
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slashed
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beaver
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burlesque
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condescension
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lampooner
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amazement
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astonishment
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honourable
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humiliation
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implore
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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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gulf
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bent
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virtuous
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vices
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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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deformed
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deferential
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rumour
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impartial
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antagonists
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对立[对抗] 者,对手,敌手( antagonist的名词复数 ); 对抗肌; 对抗药 | |
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glib
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backwards
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majesty
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