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CHAPTER XXIV
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INTO the wood, a wild, unbrageous tract1 of land lying back of the cottage, he strode, full of ponderous2 fears as to the outcome of his undertaking3, and yet vaguely4 buoyed5 up by the natural beauty on all sides. Soon the town lay behind him; only the low hum of its traffic, the occasional clanging of a locomotive’s bell, the whistle of an engine at a factory, the clatter6 of a dray followed him. The reverent7, almost peaceful thought was borne in upon him that the meandering8, little-used path he was pursuing had been traversed many times by Dora. In that secluded9 and picturesque10 spot she had breathed in the inspiration which had lifted her far above those by whom she had been misunderstood and traduced11. Along that path she and his child, perchance, had plucked flowers through the years in which he had shunned12 them—denied them before the world, whose good opinion he had coveted13 to his moral undoing14.
Half a mile from the cottage the path began to
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tract
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undertaking
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vaguely
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meandering
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| 蜿蜒的河流,漫步,聊天 | |
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picturesque
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traduced
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shunned
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coveted
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undoing
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swampy
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tangle
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marshes
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overflow
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moss
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willows
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mazes
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| 迷宫( maze的名词复数 ); 纷繁复杂的规则; 复杂难懂的细节; 迷宫图 | |
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awakening
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delectable
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trampled
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regaining
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retaliation
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intercourse
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awakened
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isolated
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countenance
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shrugged
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deserted
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paltry
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realization
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portfolio
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