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CHAPTER XIII.
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I had always understood that Miss Galindo had once been in much better circumstances, but I had never liked to ask any questions respecting her. But about this time many things came out respecting her former life, which I will try and arrange; not, however, in the order in which I heard them, but rather as they occurred.
Miss Galindo was the daughter of a clergyman in Westmoreland. Her father was the younger brother of a baronet, his ancestor having been one of those of James the First’s creation. This baronet-uncle of Miss Galindo was one of the queer, out-of-the-way people who were bred at that time, and in that northern district of England. I never heard much of him from any one, besides this one great fact: that he had early disappeared from his family, which indeed only consisted of a brother and sister who died unmarried, and lived no one knew where,—somewhere on the Continent it was supposed, for he had never returned from the grand tour which he had been{293} sent to make, according to the general fashion of the day, as soon as he left Oxford1. He corresponded occasionally with his brother the clergyman; but the letters passed through a banker’s hands; the banker being pledged to secrecy2, and, as he told Mr. Galindo, having the penalty, if he broke his pledge, of losing the whole profitable business, and of having the management of the baronet’s affairs taken out of his hands without any advantage accruing3 to the inquirer, for Sir Lawrence had told Messrs. Graham that, in case his place of residence was revealed by them, not only would he cease to bank with them, but instantly take measures to baffle any future inquiries4 as to his whereabouts, by removing to some distant country.
Sir Lawrence paid a certain sum of money to his brother’s account every year; but the time of this payment varied5, and it was sometimes eighteen or nineteen months between the deposits; then, again, it would not be above a quarter of the time, showing that he intended it to be annual, but, as this intention was never expressed in words, it was impossible to rely upon it, and a great deal of this money was swallowed up by the necessity Mr. Galindo felt himself under of living in the large, old,
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1 Oxford | |
n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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2 secrecy | |
n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
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3 accruing | |
v.增加( accrue的现在分词 );(通过自然增长)产生;获得;(使钱款、债务)积累 | |
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n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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5 varied | |
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6 rambling | |
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7 mansion | |
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8 derived | |
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10 hereditary | |
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11 sufficiently | |
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12 spoke | |
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13 manly | |
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14 intimacy | |
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15 attachment | |
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16 malaria | |
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17 inquisitiveness | |
好奇,求知欲 | |
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18 narrate | |
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19 prospective | |
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20 eldest | |
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21 conceal | |
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22 reciprocated | |
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23 previously | |
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24 sullen | |
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25 rankled | |
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26 dreaded | |
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27 motives | |
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28 legitimate | |
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29 adventurous | |
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30 artistic | |
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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31 luxurious | |
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32 Mediterranean | |
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33 vehement | |
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34 barbarians | |
n.野蛮人( barbarian的名词复数 );外国人;粗野的人;无教养的人 | |
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35 possessed | |
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36 relinquish | |
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37 refund | |
v.退还,偿还;n.归还,偿还额,退款 | |
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38 expended | |
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39 opposition | |
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40 nay | |
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41 obliterate | |
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42 justification | |
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43 uncommon | |
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44 eloquent | |
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45 eminence | |
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46 intemperance | |
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47 harry | |
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48 transacted | |
v.办理(业务等)( transact的过去式和过去分词 );交易,谈判 | |
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49 chambers | |
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅 | |
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50 soothe | |
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51 mutual | |
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52 swollen | |
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53 sentimental | |
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54 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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55 astonishment | |
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56 undertaking | |
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57 diligently | |
ad.industriously;carefully | |
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58 unwillingness | |
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59 grudging | |
adj.勉强的,吝啬的 | |
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60 scanty | |
adj.缺乏的,仅有的,节省的,狭小的,不够的 | |
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61 caress | |
vt./n.爱抚,抚摸 | |
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62 bustling | |
adj.喧闹的 | |
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63 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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64 relinquished | |
交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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65 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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66 inviting | |
adj.诱人的,引人注目的 | |
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67 invalid | |
n.病人,伤残人;adj.有病的,伤残的;无效的 | |
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68 sedate | |
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69 dignified | |
a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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70 tenants | |
n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者 | |
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71 uproar | |
n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸 | |
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72 prophesied | |
v.预告,预言( prophesy的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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73 chuckled | |
轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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74 discomfiture | |
n.崩溃;大败;挫败;困惑 | |
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75 retired | |
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76 baker | |
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77 dissenting | |
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78 flaunted | |
v.炫耀,夸耀( flaunt的过去式和过去分词 );有什么能耐就施展出来 | |
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79 justify | |
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80 formerly | |
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81 apprehensive | |
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82 undoubtedly | |
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83 spun | |
v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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84 yarn | |
n.纱,纱线,纺线;奇闻漫谈,旅行轶事 | |
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85 recollect | |
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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86 stammering | |
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87 quelled | |
v.(用武力)制止,结束,镇压( quell的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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88 subscription | |
n.预订,预订费,亲笔签名,调配法,下标(处方) | |
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89 dissenter | |
n.反对者 | |
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90 heresy | |
n.异端邪说;异教 | |
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91 disapprove | |
v.不赞成,不同意,不批准 | |
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92 attentive | |
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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