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EVERY object in the next day's journey was new and interesting to Elizabeth; and her spirits were in a state for enjoyment1; for she had seen her sister looking so well as to banish2 all fear for her health, and the prospect3 of her northern tour was a constant source of delight.
When they left the high-road for the lane to Hunsford, every eye was in search of the Parsonage, and every turning expected to bring it in view. The palings of Rosings Park was their boundary on one side. Elizabeth smiled at the recollection of all that she had heard of its inhabitants.
At length the Parsonage was discernable. The garden sloping to the road, the house standing4 in it, the green pales and the laurel hedge, everything declared that they were arriving. Mr. Collins and Charlotte appeared at the door, and the carriage stopped at a small gate, which led by a short gravel5 walk to the house, amidst the nods and smiles of the whole party. In a moment they were all out of the chaise, rejoicing at the sight of each other. Mrs. Collins welcomed her friend with the liveliest pleasure, and Elizabeth was more and more satisfied with coming, when she found herself so affectionately received. She saw instantly that her cousin's manners were not altered by his marriage; his formal civility was just what it had been, and he detained her some minutes at the gate to hear and satisfy his enquiries after all her family. They were then, with no other delay than his pointing out the neatness of the entrance, taken into the house; and as soon as they were in the parlour, he welcomed them a second time with ostentatious formality to his humble6 abode7, and punctually repeated all his wife's offers of refreshment8.
Elizabeth was prepared to see him in his glory; and she could not help fancying that in displaying the good proportion of the room, its aspect and its furniture, he addressed himself particularly to her, as if wishing to make her feel what she had lost in refusing him. But though every thing seemed neat and comfortable, she was not able to gratify him by any sigh of
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除 | |
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prospect
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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refreshment
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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pointed
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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