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Chapter VI A Visit to the Hamleys
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Of course the news of Miss Gibson’s approaching departure had spread through the household before the one o’clock dinner-time came; and Mr. Coxe’s dismal1 countenance2 was a source of much inward irritation3 to Mr. Gibson, who kept giving the youth sharp glances of savage4 reproof5 for his melancholy6 face, and the want of appetite; which he trotted7 out, with a good deal of sad ostentation8; all of which was lost upon Molly, who was too full of her own personal concerns to have any thought or observation to spare from them, excepting once or twice when she thought of the many days that must pass over before she should again sit down to dinner with her father.
When she named this to him after the meal was over, and they were sitting together in the drawing-room, waiting for the sound of the wheels of the Hamley carriage, he laughed, and said —
‘I’m coming over tomorrow to see Mrs. Hamley; and I dare say I shall dine at their lunch; so you won’t have to wait long before you’ve the treat of seeing the wild beast feed.’
Then they heard the approaching carriage.
‘Oh, papa,’ said Molly, catching9 at his hand, ‘I do so wish I was not going, now that the time is come.’
‘Nonsense; don’t let us have any sentiment. Have you got your keys? that’s more to the purpose.’
Yes; she had got her keys, and her purse; and her little box was put up on the seat by the coachman; and her father handed her in; the door was shut, and she drove away in solitary
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1 dismal | |
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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5 reproof | |
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6 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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7 trotted | |
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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8 ostentation | |
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9 catching | |
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10 solitary | |
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11 grandeur | |
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13 plentiful | |
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14 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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15 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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16 uncertainty | |
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17 ripening | |
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18 exertion | |
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19 conciseness | |
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20 sitting-room | |
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
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21 standing | |
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22 shimmer | |
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23 mere | |
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24 exquisite | |
adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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25 unpack | |
vt.打开包裹(或行李),卸货 | |
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26 dressing | |
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27 exquisitely | |
adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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28 plank | |
n.板条,木板,政策要点,政纲条目 | |
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29 scented | |
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30 squire | |
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31 picturesqueness | |
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32 sketches | |
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33 likeness | |
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34 admiration | |
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35 secrecy | |
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36 wranglers | |
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37 eldest | |
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38 tempting | |
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39 artistically | |
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40 pointed | |
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41 promising | |
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42 complexion | |
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43 tint | |
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44 abounded | |
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45 converging | |
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46 abruptly | |
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47 hearth | |
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48 vehement | |
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49 friendliness | |
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51 nay | |
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52 backwards | |
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53 immediate | |
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54 Christian | |
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55 recurring | |
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56 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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57 dispelling | |
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58 phantom | |
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59 harass | |
vt.使烦恼,折磨,骚扰 | |
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60 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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61 prattling | |
v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话( prattle的现在分词 );发出连续而无意义的声音;闲扯;东拉西扯 | |
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62 huddled | |
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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63 owl | |
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64 hooting | |
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65 mingled | |
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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66 chamber | |
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67 velvet | |
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68 rankled | |
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69 darted | |
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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70 ambush | |
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71 pungent | |
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72 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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73 tenants | |
n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者 | |
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74 pony | |
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75 tiresome | |
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76 shrubs | |
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77 impromptu | |
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78 conjecture | |
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79 widower | |
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80 scotch | |
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81 shimmering | |
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82 willows | |
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83 bent | |
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84 marrow | |
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85 touching | |
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86 alluded | |
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