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Chapter 4 A GOODLY HERITAGE.
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Early as was the hour, Bergan found the table already laid for breakfast in the room below, where he was soon joined by the Major. He brought with him (besides a noticeable odor of brandy), a cordial morning greeting, and a temper which, though by no means urbane1, had a certain, flavor of bluff2 good nature, in pleasing contrast with his extreme irritability3 of the preceding evening. Encouraged by these and similar signs of a clearer mental atmosphere, Bergan ventured to mention his uncle Godfrey, and to remark that he had been charged with a letter to him from his mother, which he must take an early opportunity to deliver.
"Eh! what?" asked the Major, laying down his knife and fork, with the look and tone of a man who doubts the evidence of his own senses.
Bergan quietly repeated his words.
The Major's face grew dark, and his eyebrows4 met in a heavy frown. "I shall take it mighty5 hard of you, if you do," said he, sternly and gloomily. "I tell you, Harry6, he is no Bergan at all, and he ought not to be treated like one. Eleanor would never have written to him, nor desired you to visit him, if she had known the true state of affairs;—you can safely take that for granted, and act accordingly. Besides," he went on, after a slight pause, "it is only fair to warn you that any one who goes from Bergan Hall over to Oakstead (that's what he calls his place), doesn't come back again,—with my consent. There's no relation, nor commerce, nor sympathy, nor liking8, between the two places; and there never can be any while I live,—nor after I am dead, either, if I can help it. So just put that matter out of your head, Harry, and say no more about it."
Bergan looked down, and the color rose to his brow. Without seeking to know the merits of the quarrel between his two uncles, he nevertheless felt that the abject
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adj.温文尔雅的,懂礼的 | |
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irritability
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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submission
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eldest
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ineffable
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fable
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neatly
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粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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grunted
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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bestowal
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赠与,给与; 贮存 | |
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警惕,留心; 警觉(性) | |
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divers
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abode
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dwelling
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remarkably
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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alluring
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长条形景色( vista的名词复数 ); 回顾; 展望; (未来可能发生的)一系列情景 | |
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adj.再生的;翻造的;收复的;回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 );要求收回;从废料中回收(有用的材料);挽救 | |
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cultivation
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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sniffed
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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frankly
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centaur
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juncture
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forth
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bestowed
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赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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delicacy
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n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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solitary
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fore
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insidious
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lapse
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considerably
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laborers
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maiden
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