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THE first week of their return was soon gone. The second began. It was the last of the regiment1's stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping2 apace. The dejection was almost universal. The elder Miss Bennets alone were still able to eat, drink, and sleep, and pursue the usual course of their employments. Very frequently were they reproached for this insensibility by Kitty and Lydia, whose own misery3 was extreme, and who could not comprehend such hard-heartedness in any of the family.
"Good Heaven! What is to become of us! What are we to do!" would they often exclaim in the bitterness of woe4. "How can you be smiling so, Lizzy?"
Their affectionate mother shared all their grief; she remembered what she had herself endured on a similar occasion, five and twenty years ago.
"I am sure," said she, "I cried for two days together when Colonel Millar's regiment went away. I thought I should have broke my heart."
"I am sure I shall break mine," said Lydia.
"If one could but go to Brighton!" observed Mrs. Bennet.
"Oh, yes! -- if one could but go to Brighton! But papa is so disagreeable."
"A little sea-bathing would set me up for ever."
"And my aunt Philips is sure it would do me a great deal of good," added Kitty.
Such were the kind of lamentations resounding5 perpetually through Longbourn-house. Elizabeth tried to be diverted by them; but all sense of pleasure was lost in shame. She felt anew the justice of Mr. Darcy's objections; and never had she before been so much disposed to pardon his interference in the views of his friend.
But the gloom of Lydia's prospect6 was shortly cleared away; for she received an invitation from Mrs. Forster, the wife of the Colonel of the regiment, to accompany her to Brighton. This invaluable7 friend was a very young woman, and very lately married. A resemblance in good humour and good spirits had recommended her and Lydia to each other, and out of their three months' acquaintance they had been intimate two.
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n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词 | |
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misery
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n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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prospect
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rapture
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adoration
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mortification
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unreasonable
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peevish
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derive
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attentively
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nay
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absurdity
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aloof
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folly
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peculiar
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affected
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volatility
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disdain
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exuberant
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amendment
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determined
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deter
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vt.阻止,使不敢,吓住 | |
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flirt
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v.调情,挑逗,调戏;n.调情者,卖俏者 | |
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flirtation
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ward
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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mischief
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dwelling
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fret
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augment
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frivolous
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reproof
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renewal
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formerly
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indifference
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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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countenance
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apprehensive
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complexion
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agitated
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foul
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judgment
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diffuse
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