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Chapter 1
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I am an Englishman, living, as all Englishman should do, in England, and my wife would not, I think, be well pleased were any one to insinuate1 that she were other than an Englishwoman; but in the circumstances of my marriage I became connected with the south of Spain, and the narrative2 which I am to tell requires that I should refer to some of those details.
The Pomfrets and Daguilars have long been in trade together in this country, and one of the partners has usually resided at Seville for the sake of the works which the firm there possesses. My father, James Pomfret, lived there for ten years before his marriage; and since that and up to the present period, old Mr. Daguilar has always been on the spot. He was, I believe, born in Spain, but he came very early to England; he married an English wife, and his sons had been educated exclusively in England. His only daughter, Maria Daguilar, did not pass so large a proportion of her early life in this country, but she came to us for a visit at the age of seventeen, and when she returned I made up my mind that I most assuredly would go after her. So I did, and she is now sitting on the other side of the fireplace with a legion of small linen4 habiliments in a huge basket by her side.
I felt, at the first, that there was something lacking to make my cup of love perfectly5 delightful6. It was very sweet, but there was wanting that flower of romance which is generally added to the heavenly draught7 by a slight admixture of opposition8. I feared that the path of my true love would run too smooth. When Maria came to our house, my mother and elder sister seemed to be quite willing that I should be continually alone with her; and she had not been there ten days before my father, by chance, remarked that there was nothing old Mr. Daguilar valued so highly as a thorough feeling of intimate alliance between the two families which had been so long connected in trade. I was never told that Maria was to be my wife, but I felt that the same thing was done without words; and when, after six weeks of somewhat elaborate attendance upon her, I asked her to be Mrs. John Pomfret, I had no more fear of a refusal, or even of
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vt.含沙射影地说,暗示 | |
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delightful
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offender
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eldest
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constraint
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inclinations
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stoic
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bonanza
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perennial
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margined
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tedium
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averse
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stature
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n.拙劣的模仿( parody的名词复数 );恶搞;滑稽的模仿诗文;表面上模仿得笨拙但充满了机智用来嘲弄别人作品的作品v.滑稽地模仿,拙劣地模仿( parody的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adorn
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ornaments
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plank
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n.板条,木板,政策要点,政纲条目 | |
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tune
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vessel
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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uncommon
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matador
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v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 );跟…搭讪;(乞丐等)上前向…乞讨;(妓女等)勾搭 | |
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thoroughly
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emboldened
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v.鼓励,使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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determined
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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interrogate
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vt.讯问,审问,盘问 | |
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regaining
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复得( regain的现在分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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lurch
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bribes
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specially
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peculiar
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joyous
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exterior
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ornamental
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patio
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parasite
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whitewash
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taper
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mansion
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appreciation
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participation
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pundit
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grandeur
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tempts
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homely
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prospering
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成功,兴旺( prosper的现在分词 ) | |
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sojourn
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