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“Ye saw the young gentleman safe to the pier1? He’s a bonnie lad, though maybe no as weel-mannered as ane would like to see,” said Mrs. Campbell. “Keep me! such a way to name his father—Bairns maun be awfu’ neglected in such a grand house—aye left wi’ servants, and never trained to trust their bits of secrets to father or mother. Laddies,” said the farme{9}r’s wife, with a little solemnity, looking across the sleeping baby upon the four heads of different sizes which bent2 over their supper at the table before her, “mind you aye, that, right or wrong, them that’s maist interested in whatever befalls you is them that belongs to you—maist ready to praise if ye’ve done weel, and excuse you if ye’ve done wrang. I hope you were civil to the strange callant, Colin, my man?”
“Oh, ay,” said young Colin, not without a movement of conscience; but he did not think it necessary to enter into details.
“When a callant like that is pridefu’, and looks as if he thought himself better than other folk, I hope my laddies are no the ones to mind,” said the mistress of Ramore. “It shows he hasna had the advantages that might have been expected. It’s nae harm to you, but a great deal o’ harm to him. Ye dinna ken4 how weel off you are, you boys,” said the mother, making a little address to them as they sat over their supper; Little Johnnie, whose porridge was too hot for him, turned towards her the round, wondering black eyes, which beamed out like a pair of stray stars from his little freckled5 face, and through his wisps of flaxen hair, bleached6 white by rain and sun; but the three others went on very steadily7 with their supper, and did not disturb themselves; “there’s aye your father at hand ready to tell ye whatever you want to ken—no like yon poor callant, that would have to gang to a tutor, or a servant, or something worse; no that he’s an ill laddie; but I’m aye keen to see ye behave yoursels like gentlemen, and yon wasna ony great
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pier
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n.码头;桥墩,桥柱;[建]窗间壁,支柱 | |
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comely
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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pickle
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gathering
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innocence
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chancellors
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大臣( chancellor的名词复数 ); (某些美国大学的)校长; (德国或奥地利的)总理; (英国大学的)名誉校长 | |
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a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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adj.愤愤不平的,受委屈的;悲痛的;(在合法权利方面)受侵害的v.令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式);令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式和过去分词) | |
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apron
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crooked
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interfere
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glimmer
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poetical
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temperament
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ascertained
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vows
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誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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loom
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gape
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v.张口,打呵欠,目瞪口呆地凝视 | |
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slumber
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slumbers
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睡眠,安眠( slumber的名词复数 ) | |
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furtively
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forefinger
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glimmers
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promising
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compassion
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shutters
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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twilight
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