fingers. He went down into the kitchen, and the cook, probably by

his desire, came to me, to know what I would please to order for



dinner. Mr. Venables came into the parlour again, with apparent

carelessness. I perceived that the cunning man was overreaching



himself; and I gave my directions as usual, and left the room.

"While I was making some alteration in my dress, Mr. Venables



peeped in, and, begging my pardon for interrupting me, disappeared.

I took up some work (I could not read), and two or three messages



were sent to me, probably for no other purpose, but to enable Mr.

Venables to ascertain what I was about.



"I listened whenever I heard the street-door open; at last I

imagined I could distinguish Mr. Venables' step, going out. I laid



aside my work; my heart palpitated; still I was afraid hastily to

enquire; and I waited a long half hour, before I ventured to ask



the boy whether his master was in the counting-house?

"Being answered in the negative, I bade him call me a coach,



and collecting a few necessaries hastily together, with a little

parcel of letters and papers which I had collected the preceding



evening, I hurried into it, desiring the coachman to drive to a

distant part of the town.



"I almost feared that the coach would break down before I got

out of the street; and, when I turned the corner, I seemed to



breathe a freer air. I was ready to imagine that I was rising

above the thick atmosphere of earth; or I felt, as wearied souls



might be supposed to feel on entering another state of existence.

"I stopped at one or two stands of coaches to elude pursuit,



and then drove round the skirts of the town to seek for an obscure

lodging, where I wished to remain concealed, till I could avail



myself of my uncle's protection. I had resolved to assume my own

name immediately, and openly to avow my determination, without any



formal vindication, the moment I had found a home, in which I could

rest free from the daily alarm of expecting to see Mr. Venables enter.



"I looked at several lodgings; but finding that I could not,

without a reference to some acquaintance, who might inform my



tyrant, get admittance into a decentapartment--men have not all

this trouble--I thought of a woman whom I had assisted to furnish



a little haberdasher's shop, and who I knew had a first floor to let.

"I went to her, and though I could not persuade her, that the



quarrel between me and Mr. Venables would never be made up, still

she agreed to conceal me for the present; yet assuring me at the



same time, shaking her head, that, when a woman was once married,

she must bear every thing. Her pale face, on which appeared a



thousand haggard lines and delving wrinkles, produced by what is

emphatically termed fretting, inforced her remark; and I had



afterwards an opportunity of observing the treatment she had to

endure, which grizzled her into patience. She toiled from morning



till night; yet her husband would rob the till, and take away the

money reserved for paying bills; and, returning home drunk, he



would beat her if she chanced to offend him, though she had a child

at the breast.



"These scenes awoke me at night; and, in the morning,

I heard her, as usual, talk to her dear Johnny--he, forsooth,



was her master; no slave in the West Indies had one more despotic;

but fortunately she was of the true Russian breed of wives.



"My mind, during the few past days, seemed, as it were,

disengaged from my body; but, now the struggle was over, I felt



very forcibly the effect which perturbation of spirits produces

on a woman in my situation.



"The apprehension of a miscarriage, obliged me to confine

myself to my apartment near a fortnight; but I wrote to my uncle's



friend for money, promising 'to call on him, and explain my situation,

when I was well enough to go out; mean time I earnestly intreated



him, not to mention my place of abode to any one, lest my

• genius [´dʒi:niəs] n.天才(人物)；天赋 (初中英语单词)


• misery [´mizəri] n.痛苦；悲惨；穷困 (初中英语单词)


• peculiar [pi´kju:liə] a.特有的；奇异的 (初中英语单词)


• encounter [in´kauntə] vt.&n.偶然相遇；冲突 (初中英语单词)


• midnight [´midnait] n.午夜；漆黑 (初中英语单词)


• violence [´vaiələns] n.猛烈；暴力(行) (初中英语单词)


• fortunate [´fɔ:tʃənət] a.幸运的，侥幸的 (初中英语单词)


• sacred [´seikrid] a.神圣的；庄严的 (初中英语单词)


• reflection [ri´flekʃən] n.反射；映象；想法 (初中英语单词)


• acting [´æktiŋ] a.代理的 n.演戏 (初中英语单词)


• resolution [,rezə´lu:ʃən] n.决心；坚决；果断 (初中英语单词)


• pointed [´pɔintid] a.尖(锐)的；中肯的 (初中英语单词)


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


• torture [´tɔ:tʃə] n.&vt.折磨；痛苦；拷问 (初中英语单词)


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


• intention [in´tenʃən] n.意图；打算；意义 (初中英语单词)


• actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)


• involve [in´vɔlv] vt.卷缠；包括；使专注 (初中英语单词)


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


• forgive [fə´giv] vt.原谅，谅解，宽恕 (初中英语单词)


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


• permanent [´pə:mənənt] a.永久的；不变的 (初中英语单词)


• promote [prə´məut] vt.促进；发扬；助长 (初中英语单词)


• countenance [´kauntinəns] n.面部表情；脸色；面容 (初中英语单词)


• stress [stres] n.强调；压力 vt.强调 (初中英语单词)


• convenient [kən´vi:niənt] a.方便的 (初中英语单词)


• liberal [´libərəl] a.大方的 n.开明的人 (初中英语单词)


• complaint [kəm´pleint] n.抱怨；叫屈 (初中英语单词)


• cannon [´kænən] n.大炮 (初中英语单词)


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


• cunning [´kʌniŋ] a.&n.狡猾(诡诈)的 (初中英语单词)


• pardon [´pɑ:dən] n.&vt.原谅；饶恕；赦免 (初中英语单词)


• enable [i´neibəl] vt.使能够；赋予权力 (初中英语单词)


• whenever [wen´evə] conj.&ad.无论何时 (初中英语单词)


• distinguish [di´stiŋgwiʃ] v.区分；识别；立功 (初中英语单词)


• hastily [´heistili] ad.急速地；草率地 (初中英语单词)


• atmosphere [´ætməsfiə] n.大气；空气；气氛 (初中英语单词)


• supposed [sə´pəuzd] a.想象的；假定的 (初中英语单词)


• protection [prə´tekʃən] n.警戒；护照；通行证 (初中英语单词)


• reference [´refərəns] n.参考；参照；出处 (初中英语单词)


• persuade [pə´sweid] v.(被)说服；使相信 (初中英语单词)


• conceal [kən´si:l] vt.藏；隐瞒 (初中英语单词)


• treatment [´tri:tmənt] n.待遇；对待；治疗 (初中英语单词)


• patience [´peiʃəns] n.忍耐(力)；耐心；坚韧 (初中英语单词)


• offend [ə´fend] v.犯错误；违犯；犯罪 (初中英语单词)


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


• promising [´prɔmisiŋ] a.有希望的；有为的 (初中英语单词)


• previously [´pri:viəsli] ad.预先；以前 (高中英语单词)


• perplex [pə´pleks] vt.困惑；使为难 (高中英语单词)


• chamber [´tʃeimbə] n.房间；议院；会议室 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• plague [pleig] n.瘟疫 vt.使…染疫 (高中英语单词)


• stifle [´staifəl] vt.(使)窒息，闷死 (高中英语单词)


• resentment [ri´zentmənt] n.不满；怨恨；忿恨 (高中英语单词)


• deliberately [di´libərətli] ad.故意地；慎重地 (高中英语单词)


• gospel [´gɔspəl] n.福音；信条；真理 (高中英语单词)


• nonsense [´nɔnsəns] n.胡说 int.胡说!废话 (高中英语单词)


• speculation [,spekju´leiʃən] n.思索，推测；投机 (高中英语单词)


• indignation [,indig´neiʃən] n.愤慨；气愤 (高中英语单词)


• novelty [´nɔvəlti] n.新奇(的事物) (高中英语单词)


• prudent [´pru:dənt] a.谨慎的；精明的 (高中英语单词)


• kindred [´kindrid] n.亲属关系；同源关系 (高中英语单词)


• consciousness [´kɔnʃəsnis] n.意识；觉悟；知觉 (高中英语单词)


• ascertain [,æsə´tein] vt.探查；查明 (高中英语单词)


• negative [´negətiv] a.否定的 n.否定词 (高中英语单词)


• hurried [´hʌrid] a.仓促的，慌忙的 (高中英语单词)


• openly [´əupənli] ad.公开地；直率地 (高中英语单词)


• determination [di,tə:mi´neiʃən] n.决心；决定 (高中英语单词)


• finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)


• decent [´di:sənt] a.体面的，正派的 (高中英语单词)


• indies [´indiz] n.东(西)印度群岛 (高中英语单词)


• fortunately [´fɔ:tʃənətli] ad.幸运地 (高中英语单词)


• apprehension [,æpri´henʃən] n.理解；忧虑；逮捕 (高中英语单词)


• fortnight [´fɔ:tnait] n.两星期 (高中英语单词)


• earnestly [´ə:nistli] ad.认真地；急切地 (高中英语单词)


• alternative [ɔ:l´tə:nətiv] a.二中选一的 n.选择 (英语四级单词)


• extinguish [ik´stiŋgwiʃ] vt.熄灭；压制(抑) (英语四级单词)


• profoundly [prə´faundli] ad.深深地 (英语四级单词)


• composed [kəm´pəuzd] a.镇静自若的 (英语四级单词)


• haggard [´hægəd] a.憔悴的 (英语四级单词)


• preceding [pri(:)´si:diŋ] a.在先的；前面的 (英语四级单词)


• impatience [im´peiʃəns] n.不耐烦，急躁 (英语四级单词)


• swerve [swə:v] v.&n.(使)突然转向 (英语四级单词)


• unlucky [ʌn´lʌki] a.倒霉的，不幸的 (英语四级单词)


• setting [´setiŋ] n.安装；排字；布景 (英语四级单词)


• mildly [´maildli] ad.温和地；适度地 (英语四级单词)


• readiness [´redinis] n.准备就绪；愿意 (英语四级单词)


• candour [´kændə] n.正直；坦率 (英语四级单词)


• vulgar [´vʌlgə] a.粗俗的；大众的 (英语四级单词)


• metropolis [mi´trɔpəlis] n.首都；大城市 (英语四级单词)


• volley [´vɔli] n.&v.齐射；(话)迸发 (英语四级单词)


• cadence [´keidəns] n.抑扬；节奏；韵律 (英语四级单词)


• gathering [´gæðəriŋ] n.集会，聚集 (英语四级单词)


• uncommon [ʌn´kɔmən] a.非常的，非凡的，罕见的 (英语四级单词)


• alteration [,ɔ:ltə´reiʃən] n.改变，变更 (英语四级单词)


• coachman [´kəutʃmən] n.赶马车人 (英语四级单词)


• resolved [ri´zɔlvd] a.决心的；坚定的 (英语四级单词)


• piercing [´piəsiŋ] a.刺(贯)穿的；尖刻的 (英语六级单词)


• retired [ri´taiəd] a.退休的；通职的 (英语六级单词)


• obstinacy [´ɔbstinəsi] n.顽固；(病痛等)难治 (英语六级单词)


• calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)


• devilish [´devəliʃ] a.魔鬼般的，凶恶的 (英语六级单词)


• ignoble [ig´nəubəl] a.卑鄙的，无耻的 (英语六级单词)


• hypocrite [´hipəkrit] n.伪善者；伪君子 (英语六级单词)


• conceited [kən´si:tid] a.自负的；自夸的 (英语六级单词)


• sprightly [´spraitli] a.活泼的；轻快的 (英语六级单词)


• forcibly [´fɔ:səbli] ad.强行地，强烈地 (英语六级单词)