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Mrs. Peyton’s midnight musings summed themselves up in the conclusion that the next few hours would end her uncertainty1. She felt the day to be decisive. If Dick offered to show her the drawings, her fears would be proved groundless; if he avoided the subject, they were justified2.
She dressed early in order not to miss him at breakfast; but as she entered the dining-room the parlour-maid told her that Mr. Peyton had overslept himself, and had rung to have his breakfast sent upstairs. Was it a pretext3 to avoid her? She was vexed4 at her own readiness to see a portent5 in the simplest incident; but while she blushed at her doubts she let them govern her. She left the dining-room door open, determined6 not to miss him if he came downstairs while she was at breakfast; then she went back to the drawing-room and sat down at her writing-table, trying to busy herself with some accounts while she listened for his step. Here too she had left the door open; but presently even this slight departure from her daily usage seemed a deviation7 from the passive attitude she had adopted, and she rose and shut the door. She knew that she could still hear his step on the stairs — he had his father’s quick swinging gait — but as she sat listening, and vainly trying to write, the closed door seemed to symbolize8 a refusal to share in his trial, a hardening of herself against his need of her. What if he should come down intending to speak, and should be turned from his purpose? Slighter obstacles have deflected9 the course of events in those indeterminate moments when the soul floats between two tides. She sprang up quickly, and as her hand touched the
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uncertainty
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n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物 | |
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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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determined
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impulsively
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apprehensions
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reassurance
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intimacy
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conjectures
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推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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isolation
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resonance
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lucidity
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futility
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frail
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confiding
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imperviousness
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不透性;不通透性;不透水 | |
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dispelling
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tortuous
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exultingly
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supremacy
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salvation
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n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困 | |
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conservatory
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assenting
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exultation
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n.狂喜,得意 | |
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assented
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musingly
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temperament
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maternal
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partisan
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accomplice
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jealousy
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resentment
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sumptuousness
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gaily
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throbs
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circumlocution
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