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northanger abbey - chapter 26
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from this time, the subject was frequently 1 by the three young people; and catherine found, with some surprise, that her two young friends were 2 agreed in considering isabella's want of consequence and fortune as likely to throw great difficulties in the way of her marrying their brother. their 3 that the general would, upon this ground alone, independent of the objection that might be raised against her character, oppose the connection, turned her feelings moreover with some alarm towards herself. she was as 4, and perhaps as portionless, as isabella; and if the heir of the tilney property had not 5 and wealth enough in himself, at what point of interest were the demands of his younger brother to rest? the very painful reflections to which this thought led could only be 6 by a 7 on the effect of that particular partiality, which, as she was given to understand by his words as well as his actions, she had from the first been so fortunate as to excite in the general; and by a recollection of some most generous and 8 sentiments on the subject of money, which she had more than once heard him utter, and which 9 her to think his 10 in such matters misunderstood by his children.
 
they were so 11 convinced, however, that their brother would not have the courage to apply in person for his father's consent, and so repeatedly assured her that he had never in his life been less likely to come to northanger than at the present time, that she suffered her mind to be at ease as to the necessity of any sudden removal of her own. but as it was not to be supposed that captain tilney, whenever he made his application, would give his father any just idea of isabella's conduct, it occurred to her as highly 12 that henry should lay the whole business before him as it really was, enabling the general by that means to form a cool and 13 opinion, and prepare his objections on a fairer ground than inequality of situations. she proposed it to him accordingly; but he did not catch at the measure so eagerly as she had expected. "no," said he, "my father's hands need not be strengthened, and frederick's 14 of 15 need not be 16. he must tell his own story."
 
"but he will tell only half of it."
 
"a quarter would be enough."
 
a day or two passed away and brought no tidings of captain tilney. his brother and sister knew not what to think. sometimes it appeared to them as if his silence would be the natural result of the suspected engagement, and at others that it was wholly 17 with it. the general, meanwhile, though offended every morning by frederick's 18 in writing, was free from any real anxiety about him, and had no more pressing 19 than that of making miss morland's time at northanger pass pleasantly. he often expressed his uneasiness on this head, feared the sameness of every day's society and employments would disgust her with the place, wished the lady frasers had been in the country, talked every now and then of having a large party to dinner, and once or twice began even to calculate the number of young dancing people in the neighbourhood. but then it was such a dead time of year, no wild-fowl, no game, and the lady frasers were not in the country. and it all ended, at last, in his telling henry one morning that when he next went to woodston, they would take him by surprise there some day or other, and eat their mutton with him. henry was greatly honoured and very happy, and catherine was quite delighted with the scheme. "and when do you think, sir, i may look forward to this pleasure? i must be at woodston on monday to attend the parish meeting, and shall probably be obliged to stay two or three days."
 
"well, well, we will take our chance some one of those days. there is no need to fix. you are not to put yourself at all out of your way. whatever you may happen to have in the house will be enough. i think i can answer for the young ladies making allowance for a bachelor's table. let me see; monday will be a busy day with you, we will not come on monday; and tuesday will be a busy one with me. i expect my surveyor from brockham with his report in the morning; and afterwards i cannot in 20 fail attending the club. i really could not face my acquaintance if i stayed away now; for, as i am known to be in the country, it would be taken exceedingly amiss; and it is a rule with me, miss morland, never to give offence to any of my neighbours, if a small sacrifice of time and attention can prevent it. they are a set of very 21 men. they have half a 22 from northanger twice a year; and i dine with them whenever i can. tuesday, therefore, we may say is out of the question. but on wednesday, i think, henry, you may expect us; and we shall be with you early, that we may have time to look about us. two hours and three quarters will carry us to woodston, i suppose; we shall be in the carriage by ten; so, about a quarter before one on wednesday, you may look for us."
 
a ball itself could not have been more welcome to catherine than this little excursion, so strong was her desire to be acquainted with woodston; and her heart was still bounding with joy when henry, about an hour afterwards, came booted and greatcoated into the room where she and eleanor were sitting, and said, "i am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures in this world are always to be paid for, and that we often purchase them at a great disadvantage, giving ready-monied actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honoured. witness myself, at this present hour. because i am to hope for the satisfaction of seeing you at woodston on wednesday, which bad weather, or twenty other causes, may prevent, i must go away directly, two days before i intended it."
 
"go away!" said catherine, with a very long face. "and why?"
 
"why! how can you ask the question? because no time is to be lost in frightening my old 23 out of her wits, because i must go and prepare a dinner for you, to be sure."
 
"oh! not seriously!"
 
"aye, and sadly too—for i had much rather stay."
 
"but how can you think of such a thing, after what the general said? when he so particularly desired you not to give yourself any trouble, because anything would do."
 
henry only smiled. "i am sure it is quite unnecessary upon your sister's account and mine. you must know it to be so; and the general made such a point of your providing nothing extraordinary: besides, if he had not said half so much as he did, he has always such an excellent dinner at home, that sitting down to a middling one for one day could not signify."
 
"i wish i could reason like you, for his sake and my own. good-bye. as tomorrow is sunday, eleanor, i shall not return."
 
he went; and, it being at any time a much simpler operation to catherine to doubt her own 24 than henry's, she was very soon obliged to give him credit for being right, however disagreeable to her his going. but the 25 of the general's conduct dwelt much on her thoughts. that he was very particular in his eating, she had, by her own unassisted observation, already discovered; but why he should say one thing so 26, and mean another all the while, was most unaccountable! how were people, at that rate, to be understood? who but henry could have been aware of what his father was at?
 
from saturday to wednesday, however, they were now to be without henry. this was the sad finale of every reflection: and captain tilney's letter would certainly come in his absence; and wednesday she was very sure would be wet. the past, present, and future were all equally in gloom. her brother so unhappy, and her loss in isabella so great; and eleanor's spirits always 27 by henry's absence! what was there to interest or amuse her? she was tired of the woods and the shrubberies—always so smooth and so dry; and the abbey in itself was no more to her now than any other house. the painful remembrance of the folly it had helped to nourish and perfect was the only emotion which could spring from a consideration of the building. what a revolution in her ideas! she, who had so longed to be in an abbey! now, there was nothing so charming to her imagination as the unpretending comfort of a well-connected parsonage, something like fullerton, but better: fullerton had its faults, but woodston probably had none. if wednesday should ever come!
 
it did come, and exactly when it might be reasonably looked for. it came—it was fine—and catherine trod on air. by ten o'clock, the chaise and four conveyed the trio from the abbey; and, after an agreeable drive of almost twenty miles, they entered woodston, a large and 29 village, in a situation not unpleasant. catherine was ashamed to say how pretty she thought it, as the general seemed to think an apology necessary for the flatness of the country, and the size of the village; but in her heart she preferred it to any place she had ever been at, and looked with great 30 at every neat house above the rank of a cottage, and at all the little chandler's shops which they passed. at the further end of the village, and tolerably disengaged from the rest of it, stood the parsonage, a new-built substantial stone house, with its semicircular sweep and green gates; and, as they drove up to the door, henry, with the friends of his 31, a large newfoundland puppy and two or three terriers, was ready to receive and make much of them.
 
catherine's mind was too full, as she entered the house, for her either to observe or to say a great deal; and, till called on by the general for her opinion of it, she had very little idea of the room in which she was sitting. upon looking round it then, she perceived in a moment that it was the most comfortable room in the world; but she was too guarded to say so, and the coldness of her praise disappointed him.
 
"we are not calling it a good house," said he. "we are not comparing it with fullerton and northanger—we are considering it as a 32 parsonage, small and confined, we allow, but decent, perhaps, and habitable; and altogether not inferior to the generality; or, in other words, i believe there are few country parsonages in england half so good. it may admit of improvement, however. far be it from me to say otherwise; and anything in reason—a bow thrown out, perhaps—though, between ourselves, if there is one thing more than another my aversion, it is a patched-on bow."
 
catherine did not hear enough of this speech to understand or be pained by it; and other subjects being studiously brought forward and supported by henry, at the same time that a tray full of 33 was introduced by his servant, the general was shortly restored to his complacency, and catherine to all her usual ease of spirits.
 
the room in question was of a 34, well-proportioned size, and handsomely fitted up as a dining-parlour; and on their quitting it to walk round the grounds, she was shown, first into a smaller apartment, belonging peculiarly to the master of the house, and made unusually tidy on the occasion; and afterwards into what was to be the drawing-room, with the appearance of which, though unfurnished, catherine was delighted enough even to satisfy the general. it was a 35 shaped room, the windows reaching to the ground, and the view from them pleasant, though only over green meadows; and she expressed her admiration at the moment with all the honest 36 with which she felt it. "oh! why do not you fit up this room, mr. tilney? what a pity not to have it fitted up! it is the prettiest room i ever saw; it is the prettiest room in the world!"
 
"i trust," said the general, with a most satisfied smile, "that it will very speedily be furnished: it waits only for a lady's taste!"
 
"well, if it was my house, i should never sit anywhere else. oh! what a sweet little cottage there is among the trees—apple trees, too! it is the prettiest cottage!"
 
"you like it—you approve it as an object—it is enough. henry, remember that robinson is spoken to about it. the cottage 37."
 
such a compliment recalled all catherine's consciousness, and silenced her directly; and, though 38 39 to by the general for her choice of the 40 colour of the paper and hangings, nothing like an opinion on the subject could be 41 from her. the influence of fresh objects and fresh air, however, was of great use in dissipating these embarrassing associations; and, having reached the 42 part of the 43, consisting of a walk round two sides of a meadow, on which henry's genius had begun to act about half a year ago, she was 44 recovered to think it prettier than any pleasure-ground she had ever been in before, though there was not a 28 in it higher than the green bench in the corner.
 
a saunter into other meadows, and through part of the village, with a visit to the stables to examine some improvements, and a charming game of play with a litter of puppies just able to roll about, brought them to four o'clock, when catherine scarcely thought it could be three. at four they were to dine, and at six to set off on their return. never had any day passed so quickly!
 
she could not but observe that the abundance of the dinner did not seem to create the smallest 45 in the general; 46, that he was even looking at the side-table for cold meat which was not there. his son and daughter's observations were of a different kind. they had seldom seen him eat so 47 at any table but his own, and never before known him so little disconcerted by the melted butter's being oiled.
 
at six o'clock, the general having taken his coffee, the carriage again received them; and so gratifying had been the 48 of his conduct throughout the whole visit, so well assured was her mind on the subject of his expectations, that, could she have felt equally confident of the wishes of his son, catherine would have quitted woodston with little anxiety as to the how or the when she might return to it.


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1 7b5359a87abbafb792cee12a01df4640     
v.(在政治方面)游说( canvass的过去式和过去分词 );调查(如选举前选民的)意见;为讨论而提出(意见等);详细检查
参考例句:
  • he canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs. 他仔细查阅报纸,寻找招工广告。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • the stirring event was well canvassed. 那桩惊人的事情已经是满城风雨。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
2 8mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • the witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
3 wmqxr     
n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派
参考例句:
  • he decided to leave only after much persuasion.经过多方劝说,他才决定离开。
  • after a lot of persuasion,she agreed to go.经过多次劝说后,她同意去了。
4 k6mx1     
adj.无关紧要的,可忽略的,无意义的
参考例句:
  • in winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季,这种作用是不明显的。
  • this problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。
5 hejz9     
n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华
参考例句:
  • the grandeur of the great wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
  • these ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
6 b24c637ca8e58669bce3496236c839fa     
adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的
参考例句:
  • the clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
  • after school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后,孩子们四散回家了。
7 3wsx9     
n.依靠,依赖;信任,信赖;隶属
参考例句:
  • doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
  • he was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。
8 vu4z6s     
adj.不关心的,不感兴趣的
参考例句:
  • he is impartial and disinterested.他公正无私。
  • he's always on the make,i have never known him do a disinterested action.他这个人一贯都是唯利是图,我从来不知道他有什么无私的行动。
9 b0182e969d369add1b9ce2353d3c6ad6     
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词)
参考例句:
  • i was sorely tempted to complain, but i didn't. 我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。
  • i was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
10 gljzo     
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
参考例句:
  • he has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
  • he has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。
11 gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • the doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • they soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
12 1hyzh     
adj.有用的,有利的;n.紧急的办法,权宜之计
参考例句:
  • the government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。
  • every kind of expedient was devised by our friends.我们的朋友想出了各种各样的应急办法。
13 eykyr     
adj.(in,to)公正的,无偏见的
参考例句:
  • he gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
  • careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。
14 8ygye     
n.自白,供认,承认
参考例句:
  • her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
  • the police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。
15 qgozl     
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
参考例句:
  • learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
  • events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
16 e417c8d9b721dc9db811a1f7f84d8291     
v.先发制人,预先阻止( forestall的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • she forestalled their attempt. 她先发制人,阻止了他们的企图。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • i had my objection all prepared, but stephens forestalled me. 我已做好准备要提出反对意见,不料斯蒂芬斯却抢先了一步。 来自辞典例句
17 y8oxu     
adj.不相容的,不协调的,不相配的
参考例句:
  • his plan is incompatible with my intent.他的计划与我的意图不相符。
  • speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible.速度和安全未必不相容。
18 94a5c1e07e3061396c3001fea7c8cd1d     
n.玩忽职守;马虎;怠慢;不小心
参考例句:
19 mfeza     
n.焦虑
参考例句:
  • your solicitude was a great consolation to me.你对我的关怀给了我莫大的安慰。
  • he is full of tender solicitude towards my sister.他对我妹妹满心牵挂。
20 jxzxs     
n.体面,得体,合宜,正派,庄重
参考例句:
  • his sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
  • your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。
21 vftwb     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • i did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • there occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
22 esky8     
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃
参考例句:
  • the boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • the female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
23 6q2zxl     
n.管理家务的主妇,女管家
参考例句:
  • a spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
  • she is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家,一家人吃得很省。
24 e3xxc     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • the chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • he's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
25 7c572cb8fe0309b67d1ca3c85fc07bdd     
n.无法说明,费解
参考例句:
  • everyone is at a loss at the inexplicability of the issue. 大家对这个问题的费解而感到迷惑。 来自互联网
26 vptxw     
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
参考例句:
  • she was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • the weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
27 tzuzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • she showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • his manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
28 7ysw5     
n.灌木,灌木丛
参考例句:
  • there is a small evergreen shrub on the hillside.山腰上有一小块常绿灌木丛。
  • moving a shrub is best done in early spring.移植灌木最好是在初春的时候。
29 4orxv     
adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的
参考例句:
  • london is the most populous area of britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
  • china is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
30 afpya     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • he was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • we have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
31 xf9yw     
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
参考例句:
  • people need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • they searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
32 rc1xe     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • that is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • it's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
33 kkqzpc     
n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待
参考例句:
  • we have to make a small charge for refreshments. 我们得收取少量茶点费。
  • light refreshments will be served during the break. 中间休息时有点心供应。
34 axcyr     
adj.宽敞的;使用方便的
参考例句:
  • it was a commodious and a diverting life.这是一种自由自在,令人赏心悦目的生活。
  • their habitation was not merely respectable and commodious,but even dignified and imposing.他们的居所既宽敞舒适又尊严气派。
35 xqaxh     
adv.优美地;可爱地
参考例句:
  • it was prettily engraved with flowers on the back.此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。
  • she pouted prettily at him.她冲他撅着嘴,样子很可爱。
36 vryyv     
n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯
参考例句:
  • she dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
  • the beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。
37 1kmzty     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • he ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • the remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
38 jltzbc     
adv.尖地,明显地
参考例句:
  • she yawned and looked pointedly at her watch. 她打了个哈欠,又刻意地看了看手表。
  • the demand for an apology was pointedly refused. 让对方道歉的要求遭到了断然拒绝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
39 tz2zxa     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • she plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • this cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
40 e1ozf     
adj.盛行的;占优势的;主要的
参考例句:
  • she wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
  • this reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society.这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
41 muxzii     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • all the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
42 b43zn     
adj.装饰的;作装饰用的;n.装饰品;观赏植物
参考例句:
  • the stream was dammed up to form ornamental lakes.溪流用水坝拦挡起来,形成了装饰性的湖泊。
  • the ornamental ironwork lends a touch of elegance to the house.铁艺饰件为房子略添雅致。
43 6l1zwn     
n.建筑物,房屋
参考例句:
  • according to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定,场内不准饮酒。
  • all repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行,不用送到外面去做。
44 0htzmb     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • it turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • the new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
45 vvjzr     
n.惊奇,惊异
参考例句:
  • they heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • i was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
46 unjzaq     
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者
参考例句:
  • he was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的,不,应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
  • long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章,不,应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
47 ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • he ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • the host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
48 lixza     
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
参考例句:
  • the tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
  • the four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。
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