How did Miss Daisy Miller know that there was a charmer in Geneva?

Winterbourne, who denied the existence of such a person,



was quite unable to discover, and he was divided between amazement

at the rapidity of her induction and amusement at the frankness



of her persiflage. She seemed to him, in all this,

an extraordinarymixture of innocence and crudity. "Does she never



allow you more than three days at a time?" asked Daisy ironically.

"Doesn't she give you a vacation in summer? There's no one so hard



worked but they can get leave to go off somewhere at this season.

I suppose, if you stay another day, she'll come after you in the boat.



Do wait over till Friday, and I will go down to the landing to see

her arrive!" Winterbourne began to think he had been wrong to feel



disappointed in the temper in which the young lady had embarked.

If he had missed the personal accent, the personal accent was



now making its appearance. It sounded very distinctly, at last,

in her telling him she would stop "teasing" him if he would promise



her solemnly to come down to Rome in the winter.

"That's not a difficult promise to make," said Winterbourne.



"My aunt has taken an apartment in Rome for the winter and has

already asked me to come and see her."



"I don't want you to come for your aunt," said Daisy; "I want you

to come for me." And this was the only allusion that the young



man was ever to hear her make to his invidious kinswoman.

He declared that, at any rate, he would certainly come.



After this Daisy stopped teasing. Winterbourne took a carriage,

and they drove back to Vevey in the dusk; the young girl



was very quiet.

In the evening Winterbourne mentioned to Mrs. Costello that he had spent



the afternoon at Chillon with Miss Daisy Miller.

"The Americans--of the courier?" asked this lady.



"Ah, happily," said Winterbourne, "the courier stayed at home."

"She went with you all alone?"



"All alone."

Mrs. Costello sniffed a little at her smelling bottle.



"And that," she exclaimed, "is the young person whom you wanted

me to know!"



PART II

Winterbourne, who had returned to Geneva the day after his



excursion to Chillon, went to Rome toward the end of January.

His aunt had been established there for several weeks,



and he had received a couple of letters from her.

"Those people you were so devoted to last summer at Vevey



have turned up here, courier and all," she wrote.

"They seem to have made several acquaintances, but the courier



continues to be the most intime. The young lady, however,

is also very intimate with some third-rate Italians,



with whom she rackets about in a way that makes much talk.

Bring me that pretty novel of Cherbuliez's--Paule Mere--



and don't come later than the 23rd."

In the natural course of events, Winterbourne, on arriving in Rome,



would presently have ascertained Mrs. Miller's address at the American

banker's and have gone to pay his compliments to Miss Daisy.



"After what happened at Vevey, I think I may certainly call upon them,"

he said to Mrs. Costello.



"If, after what happens--at Vevey and everywhere--you desire to keep up

the acquaintance, you are very welcome. Of course a man may know everyone.



Men are welcome to the privilege!"

"Pray what is it that happens--here, for instance?" Winterbourne demanded.



"The girl goes about alone with her foreigners. As to what

happens further, you must apply elsewhere for information.



She has picked up half a dozen of the regular Roman

fortune hunters, and she takes them about to people's houses.



When she comes to a party she brings with her a gentleman

with a good deal of manner and a wonderful mustache."



"And where is the mother?"

"I haven't the least idea. They are very dreadful people."



Winterbourne meditated a moment. "They are very ignorant--

very innocent only. Depend upon it they are not bad."



"They are hopelesslyvulgar," said Mrs. Costello. "Whether or no being

hopelesslyvulgar is being 'bad' is a question for the metaphysicians.



They are bad enough to dislike, at any rate; and for this short life

that is quite enough."

• mystery [´mistəri] n.神秘；秘密；故弄玄虚 (初中英语单词)


• definite [´definit] a.确定的，明确的 (初中英语单词)


• conclusion [kən´klu:ʒən] n.结束；结论；推论 (初中英语单词)


• downstairs [,daun´steəz] ad.在楼下 a.楼下的 (初中英语单词)


• imagination [i,mædʒi´neiʃən] n.想象(力) (初中英语单词)


• romantic [rəu´mæntik] a.传奇(式)的；浪漫的 (初中英语单词)


• chatter [´tʃætə] vi.&n.饶舌；闲聊 (初中英语单词)


• carriage [´kæridʒ] n.马车；客车；货运 (初中英语单词)


• steamer [´sti:mə] n.汽船；轮船；蒸笼 (初中英语单词)


• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)


• companion [kəm´pæniən] n.同伴；同事；伴侣 (初中英语单词)


• extremely [ik´stri:mli] ad.极端地；非常地 (初中英语单词)


• charming [´tʃɑ:miŋ] a.可爱的；极好的 (初中英语单词)


• satisfaction [,sætis´fækʃən] n.满意；满足 (初中英语单词)


• chiefly [´tʃi:fli] ad.主要地；尤其 (初中英语单词)


• agreeable [ə´gri:əbəl] a.适合的；符合的 (初中英语单词)


• funeral [´fju:nərəl] n.葬礼，丧葬；困难 (初中英语单词)


• impression [im´preʃən] n.印刷；印象；效果 (初中英语单词)


• linger [´liŋgə] v.逗留；留恋；拖延 (初中英语单词)


• wherever [weər´evə] conj.无论在哪里 (初中英语单词)


• bargain [´bɑ:gin] n.买卖合同 v.议(价) (初中英语单词)


• remarkable [ri´mɑ:kəbl] a.值得注意的；显著的 (初中英语单词)


• previous [´pri:viəs] a.先，前，以前的 (初中英语单词)


• favorable [´feivərəbəl] a.赞成的；顺利的 (初中英语单词)


• unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)


• evidently [´evidəntli] ad.明显地 (初中英语单词)


• dreadful [´dredful] a.可怕的；讨厌的 (初中英语单词)


• mysterious [mi´stiəriəs] a.神秘的；难以理解的 (初中英语单词)


• existence [ig´zistəns] n.存在；生存；生活 (初中英语单词)


• unable [ʌn´eibəl] a.不能的；无能为力的 (初中英语单词)


• amusement [ə´mju:zmənt] n.娱乐；文娱设施 (初中英语单词)


• extraordinary [ik´strɔ:dinəri] a.非常的；额外的 (初中英语单词)


• mixture [´mikstʃə] n.混合；混合比；混合物 (初中英语单词)


• vacation [və´keiʃən, vei´keiʃən] n.假期；休庭期；腾空 (初中英语单词)


• temper [´tempə] n.韧度 v.锻炼；调和 (初中英语单词)


• accent [´æksənt, æk´sent] n.重音；口音 vt.重读 (初中英语单词)


• distinctly [di´stiŋktli] ad.清楚地，明晰地 (初中英语单词)


• apartment [ə´pɑ:tmənt] n.一套房间 (初中英语单词)


• intimate [´intimit] a.亲密的 n.知己 (初中英语单词)


• presently [´prezəntli] ad.不久；目前 (初中英语单词)


• acquaintance [ə´kweintəns] n.相识；熟人，相识的人 (初中英语单词)


• welcome [´welkəm] a.受欢迎的；可喜的 (初中英语单词)


• elsewhere [,elsweə] ad.在别处；向别处 (初中英语单词)


• innocent [´inəsənt] a.无罪的；单纯的 (初中英语单词)


• dislike [dis´laik] vt.&n.不喜爱，厌恶 (初中英语单词)


• solemnly [´sɔləmli] ad.严肃地，庄严地 (高中英语单词)


• escort [´eskɔ:t] n.伴随者；警卫(队) (高中英语单词)


• perfection [pə´fekʃən] n.完美；极致；熟练 (高中英语单词)


• elegant [´eligənt] a.文雅的；优美的 (高中英语单词)


• preference [´prefərəns] n.优先选择；偏爱(物) (高中英语单词)


• expectation [,ekspek´teiʃən] n.期待(望)；预期 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• apparently [ə´pærəntli] ad.显然，表面上地 (高中英语单词)


• distinguished [di´stiŋgwiʃt] a.卓越的，著名的 (高中英语单词)


• shudder [´ʃʌdə] n.&vi.震颤；发抖 (高中英语单词)


• companionship [kəm´pæniənʃip] n.伴侣关系；友谊 (高中英语单词)


• rugged [´rʌgid] a.不平的；粗犷的 (高中英语单词)


• unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli] ad.不幸；不朽；可惜 (高中英语单词)


• geneva [dʒi´ni:və] n.日内瓦 (高中英语单词)


• fireplace [´faiəpleis] n.壁炉，炉灶 (高中英语单词)


• melancholy [´melənkəli] n.忧郁 a.忧郁的 (高中英语单词)


• announcement [ə´naunsmənt] n.通告；宣布；言谈 (高中英语单词)


• innocence [´inəsəns] n.无罪；天真 (高中英语单词)


• soberly [´səubəli] ad.严肃地；清醒地 (英语四级单词)


• staircase [´steəkeis] n.楼梯 =stairway (英语四级单词)


• excursion [ik´skə:ʃən] n.短途旅行，游览；离题 (英语四级单词)


• miller [´milə] n.磨坊主；铣床(工) (英语四级单词)


• feudal [´fju:dl] a.封建的，封建制度的 (英语四级单词)


• logical [´lɔdʒikəl] a.逻辑(上)的 (英语四级单词)


• corresponding [,kɔri´spɔndiŋ] a.符合的；相当的 (英语四级单词)


• antique [æn´ti:k] a.古代的 n.古物(董) (英语四级单词)


• rapidity [rə´piditi] n.迅速；险峻；陡 (英语四级单词)


• allusion [ə´lu:ʒən] n.暗指；提及；引喻 (英语四级单词)


• devoted [di´vəutid] a.献身…的，忠实的 (英语四级单词)


• hopelessly [´həuplisli] ad.无希望地，绝望地 (英语四级单词)


• vulgar [´vʌlgə] a.粗俗的；大众的 (英语四级单词)


• courier [´kuriə] n.送急件的人；信使 (英语六级单词)


• mademoiselle [,mædəmə´zel] n.小姐；法国女教师 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• privileged [´privilidʒd] a.有特权的；特许的 (英语六级单词)


• habitual [hə´bitʃuəl] a.习惯的，通常的 (英语六级单词)


• landing [´lændiŋ] n.登陆；降落；楼梯平台 (英语六级单词)