英文讀書筆記

　　paragraph 10

　　on an afternoon in october or the beginning of november - a fresh watery afternoon when the turf and paths were rustling with moist withered leaves and the cold blue sky was half hidden by clouds - dark grey streamers rapidly mounting from the west and boding abundant rain - i requested my young lady to forego her ramble because i was certain of showers. she refused; and i unwillingly donned a cloak and took my umbrella to accompany her on a stroll to the bottom of the park: a formal walk which she generally affected if low-spirited - and that she invariably was when mr. edgar had been worse than ordinary a thing never known from his confession but guessed both by her and me from his increased silence and the melancholy of his countenance. she went sadly on: there was no running or bounding now though the chill wind might well have tempted her to race. and often from the side of my eye i could detect her raising a hand and brushing something off her cheek. i gazed round for a means of perting her thoughts. on one side of the road rose a high rough bank where hazels and stunted oaks with their roots half exposed held uncertain tenure: the soil was too loose for the latter; and strong winds had blown some nearly horizontal. in summer miss catherine delighted to climb along these trunks and sit in the branches swinging twenty feet above the ground; and i pleased with her agility and her light childish heart still considered it proper to scold every time i caught her at such an elevation but so that she knew there was no necessity for descending. from dinner to tea she would lie in her breeze-rocked cradle doing nothing except singing old songs - my nursery lore - to herself or watching the birds joint tenants feed and entice their young ones to fly: or nestling with closed lids half thinking half dreaming happier than words can express.

　　paragraph 11

　　'no' she repeated and continued sauntering on pausing at intervals to muse over a bit of moss or a tuft of blanched grass or a fungus spreading its bright orange among the heaps of brown foliage; and ever and anon her hand was lifted to her averted face.

　　paragraph 12

　　linton did not appear to remember what she talked of and he had evidently great difficulty in sustaining any kind of conversation. his lack of interest in the subjects she started and his equal incapacity to contribute to her entertainment were so obvious that she could not conceal her disappointment. an indefinite alteration had come over his whole person and manner. the pettishness that might be caressed into fondness had yielded to a listless apathy; there was less of the peevish temper of a child which frets and teases on purpose to be soothed and more of the self-absorbed moroseness of a confirmed invalid repelling consolation and ready to regard the good-humoured mirth of others as an insult. catherine perceived as well as i did that he held it rather a punishment than a gratification to endure our company; and she made no scruple of proposing presently to depart. that proposal unexpectedly roused linton from his lethargy and threw him into a strange state of agitation. he glanced fearfully towards the heights begging she would remain another half-hour at least.

　　vocabulary  chapter 1

　　landlord :the lord of a manor or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

　　solitary: characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life

　　misanthropist : someone who dislikes people in general

　　desolation : the state of being decayed or destroyed

　　behold : see with attention

　　tenant : someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

　　perseverance: persistent determination

　　solicit: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

　　wince: draw back as with fear or pain

　　hinder: be a hindrance or obstacle to

　　utter: express in speech