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WITH no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise diversified1 by little beyond the walks to Meryton, sometimes dirty and sometimes cold, did January and February pass away. March was to take Elizabeth to Hunsford. She had not at first thought very seriously of going thither2; but Charlotte, she soon found, was depending on the plan, and she gradually learned to consider it herself with greater pleasure as well as greater certainty. Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again, and weakened her disgust of Mr. Collins. There was novelty in the scheme; and as, with such a mother and such uncompanionable sisters, home could not be faultless, a little change was not unwelcome for its own sake. The journey would moreover give her a peep at Jane; and, in short, as the time drew near, she would have been very sorry for any delay. Every thing, however, went on smoothly3, and was finally settled according to Charlotte's first sketch4. She was to accompany Sir William and his second daughter. The improvement of spending a night in London was added in time, and the plan became perfect as plan could be.
The only pain was in leaving her father, who would certainly miss her, and who, when it came to the point, so little liked her going that he told her to write to him, and almost promised to answer her letter.
The farewell between herself and Mr. Wickham was perfectly5 friendly; on his side even more. His present pursuit could not make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu, wishing her every enjoyment6, reminding her of what she was to expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of her -- their opinion of every body -- would always coincide, there was a solicitude7, an interest which she felt must ever attach her to him with a most sincere regard; and she parted from him convinced that, whether married or single, he must always be her model of the
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diversified
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adj.多样化的,多种经营的v.使多样化,多样化( diversify的过去式和过去分词 );进入新的商业领域 | |
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adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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n.草图;梗概;素描;v.素描;概述 | |
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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n.极端无理性( absurdity的名词复数 );荒谬;谬论;荒谬的行为 | |
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v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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justify
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adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的 | |
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determined
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recollect
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