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CHAPTER IX.
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"Who is 'Lenore,' uncle?"
It was the evening of the same day—a day never to be forgotten by Stella, a day marked with a white stone in her mental calendar. Never would she be able to look upon a field of primroses1, never hear the music of the river running over the weir2, without remembering this morning the first she had spent with Lord Leycester.
It was evening now, and the two—the painter and the girl—were sitting by the open window, looking out into the gloaming, he lost in memory, she going over and over again the incidents of the morning, from the visit of Mr. Jasper Adelstone to his encounter with Lord Leycester.
It was strange, it was almost phenomenal—for Stella was frankness and candor3 itself—that she had said nothing of the encounter to her uncle; once or twice she had opened her lips—once at dinner, and once again as she sat beside him, leaning her arm on his chair while he smoked his pipe—she had opened her lips to tell him of that sudden outburst of fury on the part of[58] Lord Leycester—that passionate4 rage which proved all that the painter had said of his hot temper to be true, but she had found some difficulty in the recital5 which had kept her silent.
She had told him of her walk in the woods, had told him of her meeting with Lady Lilian, but of that passionate encounter between the two men she said nothing.
When Jasper had ridden on, pale and livid with suppressed passion, Lord Leycester had stood looking at her in silence. Now, as she sat looking into the gloaming, she saw him in her mind's eye still, his beautiful eyes eloquent6 with remorse7 and humility8, his clear-cut lip quivering with the sense of his weakness.
"Will you forgive me?" he said, at last, and that was all. Without another word, he had offered to help her into the boat, help which Stella had disregarded, and had rowed her across to her uncle. Without a word, but with the same
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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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weir
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candor
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passionate
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recital
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eloquent
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| adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的 | |
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remorse
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humility
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penitent
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imploring
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| 恳求的,哀求的 | |
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curtly
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| vt.使陶醉,使入迷;使着魔,用妖术迷惑 | |
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mesmerize
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| vt.施催眠术;使入迷,迷住 | |
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enjoyment
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complexion
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veins
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impatience
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accomplishment
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salmon
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scotch
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| n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的 | |
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ruffle
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irritation
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motive
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crimson
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feverishly
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amazement
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crest
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redeem
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enigma
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| n.谜,谜一样的人或事 | |
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beckoned
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| v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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scanty
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tack
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