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ANOTHER SHADE OF THE PICTURE
WHILE the earth of Potter's Field is closing over all that remains1 of Anna Bonard, Maria McArthur may be seen, snatching a moment of rest, as it were, seated under the shade of a tree on the Battery, musing2, as is her wont3. The ships sail by cheerily, there is a touching4 beauty about the landscape before her, all nature seems glad. Even the heavens smile serenely5; and a genial6 warmth breathes through the soft air. "Truly the Allwise," she says within herself, "will be my protector, and is chastising7 me while consecrating8 something to my good. Mr. Keepum has made my father's release the condition of my ruin. But he is but flesh and blood, and I--no, I am not yet a slave! The virtue9 of the poor, truly, doth hang by tender threads; but I am resolved to die struggling to preserve it." And a light, as of some future joy, rises up in her fancy, and gives her new strength.
The German family have removed from the house in which she occupies a room, and in its place are come two women of doubtful character. Still, necessity compels her to remain in it; for though it is a means resorted to by Keepum to effect his purpose, she cannot remove without being followed, and harassed10 by him. Strong in the consciousness of her own purity, and doubly incensed11 at the proof of what extremes the designer will
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virtue
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innocence
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mortified
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guilt
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vice
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countenance
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exclamation
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anguish
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| 再发生,复发( recur的第三人称单数 ) | |
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slander
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withers
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slandering
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| [法]口头诽谤行为 | |
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confirmation
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reptile
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elicit
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frail
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solicitude
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apprehensions
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chamber
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modesty
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mellowing
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shrieks
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| (使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的第三人称单数 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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