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There was a letter from Hilda on the breakfast-tray. `Father is going to London this week, and I shall call for you on Thursday week, June 17th. You must be ready so that we can go at once. I don't want to waste time at Wragby, it's an awful place. I shall probably stay the night at Retford with the Colemans, so I should be with you for lunch, Thursday. Then we could start at teatime, and sleep perhaps in Grantham. It is no use our spending an evening with Clifford. If he hates your going, it would be no pleasure to him.'
So! She was being pushed round on the chess-board again.
Clifford hated her going, but it was only because he didn't feel safe in her absence. Her presence, for some reason, made him feel safe, and free to do the things he was occupied with. He was a great deal at the pits, and wrestling in spirit with the almost hopeless problems of getting out his coal in the most economical fashion and then selling it when he'd got it out. He knew he ought to find some way of using it, or converting it, so that he needn't sell it, or needn't have the chagrin2 of failing to sell it. But if he made electric power, could he sell that or use it? And to convert into oil was as yet too costly3 and too elaborate. To keep industry alive there must be more industry, like a madness.
It was a madness, and it required a madman to succeed in it. Well, he was a little mad. Connie thought so. His very intensity4 and acumen5 in the affairs of the pits seemed like a manifestation6 of madness to her, his very inspirations were the inspirations of insanity7.
He talked to her of all his serious schemes, and she listened in a kind of wonder, and let him talk. Then the flow ceased, and he turned on the loudspeaker, and became a blank, while apparently9 his schemes coiled on inside him like a kind of dream.
And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies, with Mrs Bolton,
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1 rant | |
v.咆哮;怒吼;n.大话;粗野的话 | |
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n.懊恼;气愤;委屈 | |
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adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的 | |
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n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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6 manifestation | |
n.表现形式;表明;现象 | |
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7 insanity | |
n.疯狂,精神错乱;极端的愚蠢,荒唐 | |
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8 sanity | |
n.心智健全,神智正常,判断正确 | |
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9 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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10 gambling | |
n.赌博;投机 | |
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11 intoxication | |
n.wild excitement;drunkenness;poisoning | |
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n.性(淫)欲;渴(欲)望;vi.对…有强烈的欲望 | |
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14 lieutenant | |
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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15 passionate | |
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16 ruminated | |
v.沉思( ruminate的过去式和过去分词 );反复考虑;反刍;倒嚼 | |
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17 pegging | |
n.外汇钉住,固定证券价格v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的现在分词 );使固定在某水平 | |
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18 guts | |
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠 | |
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19 conceit | |
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20 spunk | |
n.勇气,胆量 | |
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21 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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22 irony | |
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄 | |
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23 backwards | |
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地 | |
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24 salvation | |
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困 | |
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25 auto | |
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车 | |
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26 contemplate | |
vt.盘算,计议;周密考虑;注视,凝视 | |
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27 extermination | |
n.消灭,根绝 | |
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28 industrialists | |
n.工业家,实业家( industrialist的名词复数 ) | |
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29 frantic | |
adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的 | |
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30 frantically | |
ad.发狂地, 发疯地 | |
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31 considerably | |
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上 | |
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32 savage | |
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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33 sullen | |
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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34 deliberately | |
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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35 belly | |
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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36 relaxation | |
n.松弛,放松;休息;消遣;娱乐 | |
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37 rave | |
vi.胡言乱语;热衷谈论;n.热情赞扬 | |
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38 scarlet | |
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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39 milky | |
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40 doomed | |
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41 foul | |
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规 | |
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42 gall | |
v.使烦恼,使焦躁,难堪;n.磨难 | |
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43 epoch | |
n.(新)时代;历元 | |
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44 abated | |
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45 blench | |
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46 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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47 pointed | |
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48 blurred | |
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49 pallid | |
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50 glistened | |
v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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51 homage | |
n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬 | |
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52 obeisance | |
n.鞠躬,敬礼 | |
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53 wryly | |
adv. 挖苦地,嘲弄地 | |
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54 slanting | |
倾斜的,歪斜的 | |
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55 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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56 cowering | |
v.畏缩,抖缩( cower的现在分词 ) | |
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57 shriek | |
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58 frenzy | |
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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59 gathering | |
n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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60 bluebell | |
n.风铃草 | |
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61 bluebells | |
n.圆叶风铃草( bluebell的名词复数 ) | |
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62 twigs | |
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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63 trickled | |
v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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64 trickling | |
n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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65 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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66 odds | |
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别 | |
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67 exertions | |
n.努力( exertion的名词复数 );费力;(能力、权力等的)运用;行使 | |
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68 hearth | |
n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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69 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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70 exquisitely | |
adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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71 thighs | |
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿 | |
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72 mound | |
n.土墩,堤,小山;v.筑堤,用土堆防卫 | |
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73 muse | |
n.缪斯(希腊神话中的女神),创作灵感 | |
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74 mused | |
v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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75 flickered | |
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76 gulf | |
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77 constrainedly | |
不自然地,勉强地,强制地 | |
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78 shudder | |
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79 risky | |
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80 goggles | |
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81 smite | |
v.重击;彻底击败;n.打;尝试;一点儿 | |
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82 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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83 pestle | |
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84 mortar | |
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85 lodge | |
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86 apparition | |
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87 drenched | |
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88 trotting | |
小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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89 fluffy | |
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90 poised | |
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91 dangling | |
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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92 flannel | |
n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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93 vernacular | |
adj.地方的,用地方语写成的;n.白话;行话;本国语;动植物的俗名 | |
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94 ignominiously | |
adv.耻辱地,屈辱地,丢脸地 | |
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95 faltering | |
犹豫的,支吾的,蹒跚的 | |
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96 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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97 saluted | |
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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