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... going only part of the way is not the same as going the wrong way
A week passed without Sophie hearing from Alberto Knox. There were no more postcards from Lebanon either, although she and Joanna still talked about the cards they found in the major's cabin. Joanna had had the fright of her life, but as nothing further seemed to hap-pen, the immediate1 terror faded and was submerged in homework and badminton.
Sophie read Alberto's letters over and over, looking for some clue that would throw light on the Hilde mystery. Doing so also gave her plenty of opportunity to digest the classical philosophy. She no longer had difficulty in distinguishing Democritus and Socrates, or Plato and Aristotle, from each other.
On Friday, May 25, she was in the kitchen fixing dinner before her mother got home. It was their regular Friday agreement. Today she was making fish soup with fish balls and carrots. Plain and simple.
Outside it was becoming windy. As Sophie stood stirring the casserole she turned toward the window. The birch trees were waving like cornstalks.
Suddenly something smacked3 against the window-pane. Sophie turned around again and discovered a card sticking to the window.
It was a postcard. She could read it through the glass: "Hilde Moller Knag, c/o Sophie Amundsen."
She thought as much! She opened the window and took the card. It could hardly have blown all the way from Lebanon!
This card was also dated June 15. Sophie removed the casserole from the stove and sat down at the kitchen table. The card read:
Dear Hilde, I don't know whether it will still be your birthday when you read this card. I hope so, in a way; or at least that not too many days have gone by. A week or two for Sophie does not have to mean just as long for us. I shall be coming home for Midsummer Eve, so we can sit together for hours in the glider4, looking out over the sea, Hilde. We have so much to talk about. Love from Dad, who sometimes gets very depressed5 about the thousand-year-long strife6 between Jews, Christians
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buzzer
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鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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禁忌( taboo的名词复数 ); 忌讳; 戒律; 禁忌的事物(或行为) | |
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修道院( monastery的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.武士精神的;对女人彬彬有礼的 | |
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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clergy
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使联合( unify的现在分词 ); 使相同; 使一致; 统一 | |
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bartering
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toil
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mere
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bishop
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bishops
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(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象 | |
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stoics
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