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The O’conors of Castle Conor, County Mayo.
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I shall never forget my first introduction to country life in Ireland, my first day’s hunting there, or the manner in which I passed the evening afterwards. Nor shall I ever cease to be grateful for the hospitality which I received from the O’Conors of Castle Conor. My acquaintance with the family was first made in the following manner. But before I begin my story, let me inform my reader that my name is Archibald Green.
I had been for a fortnight in Dublin, and was about to proceed into county Mayo on business which would occupy me there for some weeks. My head-quarters would, I found, be at the town of Ballyglass; and I soon learned that Ballyglass was not a place in which I should find hotel accommodation of a luxurious1 kind, or much congenial society indigenous2 to the place itself.
“But you are a hunting man, you say,” said old Sir P— C-; “and in that case you will soon know Tom O’Conor. Tom won’t let you be dull. I’d write you a letter to Tom, only he’ll certainly make you out without my taking the trouble.”
I did think at the time that the old baronet might have written the letter for me, as he had been a friend of my father’s in former days; but he did not, and I started for Ballyglass with no other introduction to any one in the county than that contained in Sir P-‘s promise that I should soon know Mr. Thomas O’Conor.
I had already provided myself with a horse, groom3, saddle and bridle4, and these I sent down, en avant, that the Ballyglassians might know that I was somebody. Perhaps, before I arrived Tom O’Conor might learn that a hunting man was coming into the neighbourhood, and I might find at the inn a polite note intimating that a bed was at my service at Castle Conor. I had heard so much of the free hospitality of the Irish gentry5 as to imagine that such a thing might be possible.
But I found nothing of the kind. Hunting gentlemen in those days were very common in county Mayo, and one horse was no great evidence of a man’s standing6 in the world. Men there as I learnt afterwards, are sought for themselves quite as much as they are elsewhere; and though my groom’s top-boots were neat, and my horse a very tidy animal, my entry into Ballyglass created no sensation whatever.
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tare
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grove
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| adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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| v.(对…)不停地唠叨;n.爱唠叨的人 | |
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| n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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| adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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| n.取出货物,拆包[箱]v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的现在分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等) | |
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excellence
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| n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德 | |
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dangle
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mere
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alas
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| int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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| 发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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clatter
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determined
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morsel
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apparatus
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inquiry
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obedience
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parley
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exclamation
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vigour
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hearth
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intercourse
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impudence
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unnatural
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