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BOOK V DANIEL TAY Chapter 1
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The great amphitheatre of the Albert Hall was filled from arena1 to dome2: some ten thousand women and three hundred men, exclusive of police. Slim young women in the white uniform of stewards3 and decorated with the badges of their unions stood at the back of the gangways. On the platform, against flowers and banners, sat the officials of the Woman’s Social and Political union and of the several unions it had inspired. Of the most important of these, Julia France had been elected president eighteen months before, and to-night sat at the right of Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, who occupied the chair in the absence of Mrs. Pankhurst.
The great rally had a fourfold purpose: to celebrate the victory of the Militants4 in the general election, during which they had fought the Liberals in forty constituencies; their energy, cleverness, and resource being not the least of the factors which had transferred eighteen seats to the Conservatives (thus throwing the Government upon the Labor6 and Irish vote for support); to protest once more against the inhuman7 treatment of the hunger strikers in Holloway gaol8; to add to the £100,000 fund; and to listen to Mrs. France’s account of her three months’ lecture tour in the United States.
When Julia had risen to speak, she had been greeted by a magnificent demonstration9. Every woman in the audience had sprung to her feet, cheered, and waved her banner for five minutes. This enthusiasm was not inspired by Julia’s notable tour only, nor to the money she had brought back with her, but to her four years’ record of steadfast10 and valuable work in the
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stewards
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| (轮船、飞机等的)乘务员( steward的名词复数 ); (俱乐部、旅馆、工会等的)管理员; (大型活动的)组织者; (私人家中的)管家 | |
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militant
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gaol
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sensational
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desperately
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suffrage
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genial
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passionate
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proselytize
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graphic
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severely
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iniquities
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cordons
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injustice
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upheaval
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socialists
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| 社会主义者( socialist的名词复数 ) | |
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concessions
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vividly
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consecutive
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tremors
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vibration
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graft
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prosecution
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| (使)败坏( corrupt的现在分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏 | |
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complexion
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investigation
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