Villette (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Charlotte Bronte [284]
ak
It’s true.
al
Having the air (appearance) of doing nothing.
am
That’s good.
an
That will do.
ao
I have lied many times.
ap
God, this is difficult. I don’t want to do it. It bores me.
aq
Because, when you die—you will immediately burn in hell .... Do you believe that? ... Certainly, I believe it: everyone knows it; and what’s more the priest told me.... To assure your salvation above, it is better to roast alive down here.
ar
That’s enough.
as
So they say.
at
Handsome, but more of a fine man than a pretty boy.
au
Sky-blue sash.
av
Stoic and cynical Greek philosopher (c.412-323 B.C.).
aw
Someone is here for Miss Fanshawe!
ax
Listen, darling grump!
ay
Impetuous youth.
az
But not at all! ... I am his queen, but he is not my king.
ba
The thinkers, the passionate and profound men, these are not my type.... Give me the handsome players and the pretty scoundrels! Long live joys and pleasures! Down with noble passions and strict virtues!
bb
I love my handsome colonel.... I will never love his rival. I will never be a bourgeois wife, not me!
bc
Their future.
bd
Take care, my child!
be
What a pest that Désirée is! What a nuisance that child is!
bf
Désirée needs a particular kind of surveillance.
bg
This child has a broken bone.
bh
And someone go find a carriage immediately.
bi
Sugar water.
bj
That will be better.
bk
Thank you Madam: very good, well done! ... That was an opportune time to be self-possessed, worth a thousand bursts of misplaced sensibility.
bl
That is, solid.
bm
Nebuchadnezzar (c.630-561 B.C.), depicted in the Bible as a cruel ruler, was the second king of the neo-Babylonian empire. The reference is to the book of Daniel 3:1: “Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits” (King James Version).
bn
Openness and frankness of a good woman.
bo
Poor Dr. Jean! ... that dear young man. The best creature in the world.
bp
Fresh breeze.
bq
Venice.
br
Evil angel from Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (1678).
bs
The Bible’s oldest man, he lived for 969 years (Genesis 5:27).
bt
Take a look! ... Look how neat Miss Lucy is. You like this alley then? ... That’s right.
bu
Love letter.
bv
A real prudish English woman, from what you say—a species of monster, blunt and rude like an old grenadier corporal, and crabby like a nun.
bw
The gray dress, the straw hat.
bx
What a story! ... Nobody was there.
by
What a beautiful night.... How nice it is! What fresh air!
bz
Good night, my friend; sleep well!
ca
Thirteenth-century religious and spiritual figures.
cb
Pious lecture.
cc
Characters in Sir Walter Scott’s Old Morality (1816) .
cd
In the Bible, Moses strikes a rock at Meribah and water appears for the children of Israel (Exodus 17).
ce
Delicate green hat.
cf
There’s nothing wrong with the pest, is there? ... Not much.
cg
Ah, that! There isn’t anything behind it then, a mystery or a secret love affair? ... Nothing more than what is in my hand.... Too bad ... and I was beginning to have ideas.... Truly! you have something for your pains.
ch
I know well that she doesn’t have principles, nor perhaps morals.... Her manner in class is always moral, and even full of a certain dignity: that is all that is expected. Neither the students nor the parents require more, and neither do I.
ci
Large arbor.
cj
Quickly.
ck
Very well! Two or three silver spoons and forks.
cl
Listen.
cm
You are only dolls then? ... You have no passions, no feelings? Your flesh is snow, your blood is ice? I want all of that to be aflame, and wish it to have a life and a soul!
cn
Tailor.
co
So sad, so unassuming.
cp
Respectably, decently.
cq
... mature women ... as for St. Pierre, she has the air of an old coquette who acts the ingenue.
cr
That’s it! ... I know her! It’s the Englishwoman! Never mind. Though she is completely English and consequently completely prudish, she will do what I want or I will know why.
cs
God knows, I hate them like