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16 The Visitor
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Imagine, if you can, what the rest of the evening was like. How they crouched1 by the fire which blazed and leaped and made so much of itself in the little grate. How they removed the covers of the dishes, and found rich, hot, savory2 soup, which was a meal in itself, and sandwiches and toast and muffins enough for both of them. The mug from the washstand was used as Becky's tea cup, and the tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend that it was anything but tea. They were warm and full-fed and happy, and it was just like Sara that, having found her strange good fortune real, she should give herself up to the enjoyment3 of it to the utmost. She had lived such a life of imaginings that she was quite equal to accepting any wonderful thing that happened, and almost to cease, in a short time, to find it bewildering.
"I don't know anyone in the world who could have done it," she said; "but there has been someone. And here we are sitting by their fire—and—and—it's true! And whoever it is—wherever they are—I have a friend, Becky—someone is my friend."
It cannot be denied that as they sat before the blazing fire, and ate the nourishing, comfortable food, they felt a kind of rapturous awe4, and looked into each other's eyes with something like doubt.
"Do you think," Becky faltered5 once, in a whisper, "do you think it could melt away, miss? Hadn't we better be quick?" And she hastily crammed6 her sandwich into her mouth. If it was only a dream, kitchen manners would be overlooked.
"No, it won't melt away," said Sara. "I am EATING this muffin, and I can taste it. You never really eat things in dreams. You only think you are going to eat them. Besides, I keep giving myself pinches; and I touched a hot piece of coal just now, on purpose."
The sleepy comfort which at length almost overpowered them was a heavenly thing. It was the
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crouched
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enjoyment
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| n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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awe
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faltered
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| (嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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drowsiness
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devouring
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rosy
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dispensed
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humble
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hamper
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dressing
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exclamation
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groan
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impudent
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impudence
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deprivation
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prospect
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hovering
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well-being
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obstinate
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secrecy
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marvels
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irritable
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savage
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ornaments
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conceal
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hearth
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mattress
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forth
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luxurious
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remains
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peevish
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thither
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sneered
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| 讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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delightful
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fattening
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humbly
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haughty
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defiance
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subdued
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mattresses
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countenance
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joyfully
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quaint
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| v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的现在分词 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱;“锻炼”效应 | |
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caressing
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| 爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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