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Stella put hers into it, but reluctantly, and tried to spring, but her dress caught and she slipped forward.
She would have fallen but that he was on the alert to save her. Quite simply and naturally he put his arms round her and lifted her down.
Only for a moment he held her in his embrace, her panting form close to his, her face almost resting on his shoulders, but that moment roused the blood in his fiery1 heart, and her face went pale.
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"Are you hurt?" he murmured.
"No, no!" she said, and she slipped out of his arms and stood a little away from him, the color coming and going in her face; it was the first time that any man's arms, save her father's, had ever encircled her.
"Are you quite sure?" he repeated.
"Quite," she said, then she laughed. "What would have happened if I had slipped?"
"You would have sprained2 your ankle," he said.
"Sprained my ankle, really?" she repeated, with open eyes.
"Yes, and I should have had to carry you down to the boat," he said, slowly.
She looked away from him.
"I am glad I did not slip."
"And I," he said, "am—glad also."
She stooped and picked up the primroses3 and ran down the slope, her cheeks aflame, a feeling that was something like shame, and yet too full of a strange, indefinable joy to be sullen4 shame, took possession of her.
With light feet, her hat swinging in her hand, she threaded her way between the trees and sprang on to the grassy5 road beside the river bank.
He did not follow so quickly, but stood for a moment looking at her, his face pale, his eyes full of a strange, wistful restlessness.
Then Stella heard his step, firm and masterful, behind her. A sudden impulse tempted6 her sorely to jump into the boat and push off—she could pull a pair of sculls—and her hand was on the edge of the boat, when she heard the sound of bells, and paused with
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primroses
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| n.报春花( primrose的名词复数 );淡黄色;追求享乐(招至恶果) | |
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tempted
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ponies
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| 矮种马,小型马( pony的名词复数 ); £25 25 英镑 | |
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exclamation
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admiration
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standing
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pointed
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reins
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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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scythe
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gathering
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costly
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sables
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frail
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caressing
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longing
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watery
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humility
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insistence
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gratitude
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plunging
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humbly
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sinuous
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crave
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miserable
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wretch
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smoldering
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Christian
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heartily
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brutal
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bent
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malignant
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passionate
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| n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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