friend's good taste that she had been in no undue haste to change her habits. 26The whole house appeared to count on his coming; the footman took his hat and overcoat as naturally as though there had been no lapse in his visits; and the drawing-room at loped him hat atmosphere of tacit intellig imparted to her very furniture It was a surprise that, in this general harmony of circumstances, Mrs. Vervain should herself sound the first false note You? " she exclaimed; and the book she held slipped from her hand It was crude, certainly; unless it were a touch of the finest art. The difficulty of classifying it disturbed Thursdale's balance Why not? he said, restoring the book. "Isn,'t it my hour? And as she made no answer, he added gently, " Unless it's some one else's? She laid the book aside and sank back into her chair. Mine, merely " she said I hope that doesn,'t mean that you're unwilling to share it? With you? By no means. You're welcome to my last crust He looked at her reproachfully 8"Do you call this the last? She smiled as he dropped into the seat across the hearth. " It's a way of giving it more flavor! He returned the smile. "a visit to you doesn ' t need such condiments. 29 She took this with just the right measure of retrospective.amusement Ah, but I want to put into this one a very special taste, "she confessed Her smile was so confident, so reassuring, that it lulled him into the imprudence of saying, " Why should you want it to be different from what was always so perfectly She hesitated. "Doesnt the fact that it's the last constitute a difference? The last -my last visit to you? "Oh, metaphorically 3l, I mean -there's a break in the continuity Decidedly, she was pressing too hard: unlearning his arts already! I don't recognize it, " he said Unless you make me -"he added, with a note that slightly stirred her attitude of languid attention She turned to him with grave eyes. You recognize no difference whatever? None -- except an added link in the chain 26.26 no undue haste to change her habits:并未过分着急改变他的习惯 27. enveloped him in:使他包裹在 28.2 reproachfully:责备地 29.29 condiments:调味剂 30.30 retrospective:怀旧的,重温的 31.3 I metaphorically:隐喻地friend's good taste that she had been in no undue haste to change her habits.26 The whole house appeared to count on his coming; the footman took his hat and overcoat as naturally as though there had been no lapse in his visits; and the drawing-room at once enveloped him in27 that atmosphere of tacit intelligence which Mrs. Vervain imparted to her very furniture. It was a surprise that, in this general harmony of circumstances, Mrs. Vervain should herself sound the first false note. "You?" she exclaimed; and the book she held slipped from her hand. It was crude, certainly; unless it were a touch of the finest art. The difficulty of classifying it disturbed Thursdale's balance. "Why not?" he said, restoring the book. "Isn't it my hour?" And as she made no answer, he added gently, "Unless it's some one else's?" She laid the book aside and sank back into her chair. "Mine, merely," she said. "I hope that doesn't mean that you're unwilling to share it?" "With you? By no means. You're welcome to my last crust." He looked at her reproachfully. 28 "Do you call this the last?" She smiled as he dropped into the seat across the hearth. "It's a way of giving it more flavor!" He returned the smile. "A visit to you doesn't need such condiments.29 " She took this with just the right measure of retrospective30 amusement. "Ah, but I want to put into this one a very special taste," she confessed. Her smile was so confident, so reassuring, that it lulled him into the imprudence of saying, "Why should you want it to be different from what was always so perfectly right?" She hesitated. "Doesn't the fact that it's the last constitute a difference?" "The last -- my last visit to you?" "Oh, metaphorically31, I mean -- there's a break in the continuity." Decidedly, she was pressing too hard: unlearning his arts already! "I don't recognize it," he said. "Unless you make me --" he added, with a note that slightly stirred her attitude of languid attention. She turned to him with grave eyes. "You recognize no difference whatever?" "None -- except an added link in the chain." 26. 26 no undue haste to change her habits：并未过分着急改变他的习惯 27. 27enveloped him in：使他包裹在 28. 28reproachfully.：责备地 29. 29 condiments：调味剂 30. 30 retrospective：怀旧的，重温的 31. 31 metaphorically：隐喻地