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CHAPTER XV.
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From that day life flew upon celestial1 wings for Charley Frankland’s tutor. It was not that love-making proved possible, or that existence at Wodensbourne became at all what it had been at Ardmartin. The difference was in the atmosphere, which was now bright with all kinds of gladsome chances, and pervaded2 by anticipations—a charm which, at Colin’s age, was more than{113} reality. He never knew what moment of delight might come to him any day—what words might be said, or smiles shed upon him. Such an enchantment3 could not, indeed, have lasted very long; but, in the meantime, it was infinitely4 sweet, and made his life like a romance to the young man. There was nobody at Wodensbourne to occupy Miss Matty, or withdraw her attention from her young worshipper; and Colin, with his poetic5 temperament6, and his youthful genius, and all the simplicities7 and inexperience which rendered him so different from the other clever young men who had been seen or heard of in that region, was very delightful8 company, even when he was not engaged in any acts of worship. Lady Frankland herself acknowledged that Mr. Campbell was a great acquisition. “He is not the least like other people,” said the lady of the house; “but you must take care not to let him fall in love with you, Matty;” and both the ladies laughed softly as they sat over their cup of tea. As for Matty, when she went to dress for dinner, after that admonition, she put on tartan ribbons over her white dress, partly, to be sure, because they were the fashion; but chiefly to please Colin, who knew rather less about tartan than she did, and had not the remotest idea that the many-coloured sash had any reference to himself.
“I love Scotland,” the little witch said to him, when he came into the drawing-room, to which he was now admitted during Sir Thomas’s nap—and, to tell the truth, Lady Frankland herself had just closed her eyes in a gentle
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adj.天体的;天上的 | |
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simplicities
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pout
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quaint
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Oxford
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n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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repose
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伟大的( sublime的最高级 ); 令人赞叹的; 极端的; 不顾后果的 | |
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knight
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vocation
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maiden
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withdrawn
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plight
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demon
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remarkable
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vociferous
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tavern
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责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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laud
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martyrs
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steering
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liturgy
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passionate
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Christian
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emblem
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perfectly
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