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"I HAVE been thinking it over again, Elizabeth," said her uncle as they drove from the town; "and really, upon serious consideration, I am much more inclined than I was to judge as your eldest1 sister does of the matter. It appears to me so very unlikely that any young man should form such a design against a girl who is by no means unprotected or friendless, and who was actually staying in his colonel's family, that I am strongly inclined to hope the best. Could he expect that her friends would not step forward? Could he expect to be noticed again by the regiment2, after such an affront3 to Colonel Forster? His temptation is not adequate to the risk."
"Do you really think so?" cried Elizabeth, brightening up for a moment.
"Upon my word," said Mrs. Gardiner, "I begin to be of your uncle's opinion. It is really too great a violation4 of decency5, honour, and interest, for him to be guilty of it. I cannot think so very ill of Wickham. Can you, yourself, Lizzy, so wholly give him up as to believe him capable of it?"
"Not perhaps of neglecting his own interest. But of every other neglect I can believe him capable. If, indeed, it should be so! But I dare not hope it. Why should they not go on to Scotland, if that had been the case?"
"In the first place," replied Mr. Gardiner, "there is no absolute proof that they are not gone to Scotland."
"Oh! but their removing from the chaise into an hackney coach is such a presumption6! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road."
"Well, then -- supposing them to be in London. They may be there, though, for the purpose of concealment7, for no more exceptionable purpose. It is not likely that money should be very abundant on either side; and it might strike them that they could be more economically, though less expeditiously8, married in London, than in Scotland."
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eldest
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adj.最年长的,最年老的 | |
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n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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n./v.侮辱,触怒 | |
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violation
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n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯 | |
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decency
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n.体面,得体,合宜,正派,庄重 | |
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presumption
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n.推测,可能性,冒昧,放肆,[法律]推定 | |
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concealment
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n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒 | |
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adv.迅速地,敏捷地 | |
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secrecy
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n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
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forgo
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v.放弃,抛弃 | |
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n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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nay
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frivolous
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flirtation
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adj.行为不检的;n.放荡的人,浪子,肆意挥霍者 | |
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adj.曲意巴结的,暗示的v.暗示( insinuate的现在分词 );巧妙或迂回地潜入;(使)缓慢进入;慢慢伸入 | |
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infamous
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adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的 | |
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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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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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adj. 打翻的,推倒的,倾覆的 动词overthrow的过去分词 | |
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distinguished
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adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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benevolence
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vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出 | |
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seclusion
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prudence
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[医]招致的,遭受的; incur的过去式 | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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bosoms
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胸部( bosom的名词复数 ); 胸怀; 女衣胸部(或胸襟); 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形 | |
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consolation
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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brittle
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amazement
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adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派 | |
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formerly
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n.狭长的切口;裂缝;vt.切开,撕裂 | |
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infamy
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n.声名狼藉,出丑,恶行 | |
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faculties
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repose
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v.同情;慰问 | |
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v.打听,询问;调查,查问 | |
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