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Chapter 1
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Why Mrs. General Talboys first made up her mind to pass the winter of 1859 at Rome I never clearly understood. To myself she explained her purposes, soon after her arrival at the Eternal City, by declaring, in her own enthusiastic manner, that she was inspired by a burning desire to drink fresh at the still living fountains of classical poetry and sentiment. But I always thought that there was something more than this in it. Classical poetry and sentiment were doubtless very dear to her; but so also, I imagine, were the substantial comforts of Hardover Lodge1, the General’s house in Berkshire; and I do not think that she would have emigrated for the winter had there not been some slight domestic misunderstanding. Let this, however, be fully3 made clear,—that such misunderstanding, if it existed, must have been simply an affair of temper. No impropriety of conduct has, I am very sure, ever been imputed5 to the lady. The General, as all the world knows, is hot; and Mrs. Talboys, when the sweet rivers of her enthusiasm are unfed by congenial waters, can, I believe, make herself disagreeable.
But be this as it may, in November, 1859, Mrs. Talboys came among us English at Rome, and soon succeeded in obtaining for herself a comfortable footing in our society. We all thought her more remarkable6 for her mental attributes than for physical perfection; but, nevertheless, she was, in her own way, a sightly woman. She had no special brilliance7, either of eye or complexion8, such as would produce sudden flames in susceptible9 hearts; nor did she seem to demand instant homage10 by the form and step of a goddess; but we found her to be a good-looking woman of some thirty or thirty-three years of age, with soft, peach-like cheeks,—rather too like those of a
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maternal
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paramount
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誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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contented
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admiration
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jeopardy
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obedience
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averse
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retirement
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exulting
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vi. 欢欣鼓舞,狂喜 | |
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perjury
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n.伪证;伪证罪 | |
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hypocrisy
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n.伪善,虚伪 | |
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verbose
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genuflection
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n. 曲膝, 屈服 | |
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pointed
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purely
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celestial
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mundane
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revel
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vi.狂欢作乐,陶醉;n.作乐,狂欢 | |
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glisten
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vi.(光洁或湿润表面等)闪闪发光,闪闪发亮 | |
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champagne
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n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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consolation
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allude
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conversant
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reposed
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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innocence
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countless
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cardinals
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martyrs
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