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CHAPTER 15
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One Friday, as Madame Paloque was entering Saint-Saturnin's, she was greatly surprised to see Marthe kneeling in front of Saint-Michael's chapel1. The Abbé Faujas was hearing confessions2.
'Ah!' she muttered, 'has she succeeded in touching4 the Abbé's heart? I must wait a little while and watch. It would be very fine if Madame de Condamin were to come.'
She took a chair a little in the rear, and, half kneeling, covered her face with her hands as though she was absorbed in earnest prayer; but she held her fingers apart so that she might glance between them. The church was very gloomy. Marthe, with her head bent5 over her prayer-book, looked as though she were asleep. Her figure snowed blackly against a white pillar. Only her shoulders, heaving with deep-drawn sighs, seemed to be alive. She was, indeed, so profoundly overcome with emotion that she was constantly allowing her turn to be taken by some other of Abbé Faujas's penitents7. The Abbé waited for a few moments, and then, seemingly a little impatient, he began tapping the woodwork of the confessional. Thereupon one of the women who were waiting, seeing that Marthe showed no sign of moving, decided8 to take her place. The chapel gradually grew empty, and Marthe still remained motionless as if in ecstasy9.
'She seems in a terrible state,' thought Madame Paloque. 'It is really quite indecent to make such an exhibition of one's self in church. Ah! here comes Madame de Condamin!'
Madame de Condamin was indeed just entering the church. She stopped for a moment before the holy-water[Pg 174] basin, removed her glove, and crossed herself with a pretty gesture. Her silk dress made a murmuring sound as she passed along the narrow space between the chairs. As she knelt down, she filled the lofty vault10 with a
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recital
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animated
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throbbing
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adoration
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wretch
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wrangle
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v.憎恶,嫌恶,痛恨( detest的第三人称单数 ) | |
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unwilling
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chattel
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perfectly
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smear
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creditors
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bishop
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