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Meanwhile the holidays had gone by and the season was beginning. Fifth Avenue had become a nightly torrent1 of carriages surging upward to the fashionable quarters about the Park, where illuminated2 windows and outspread awnings3 betokened4 the usual routine of hospitality. Other tributary5 currents crossed the mainstream6, bearing their freight to the theatres, restaurants or opera; and Mrs. Peniston, from the secluded7 watch-tower of her upper window, could tell to a nicety just when the chronic8 volume of sound was increased by the sudden influx9 setting toward a Van Osburgh ball, or when the multiplication10 of wheels meant merely that the opera was over, or that there was a big supper at Sherry's.
Mrs. Peniston followed the rise and culmination12 of the season as keenly as the most active sharer in its gaieties; and, as a looker-on, she enjoyed opportunities of comparison and generalization13 such as those who take part must proverbially forego. No one could have kept a more accurate record of social fluctuations14, or have put a more unerring finger on the distinguishing features of each season: its dulness, its extravagance, its lack of balls or excess of divorces. She had a special memory for the

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极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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