Bertha

(n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

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• And I'm bound to say Lily DOES distract it: I believe he'd marry her tomorrow if he found out there was anything wrong with Bertha. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• That's what Bertha means, isn't it? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• There was something positively exasperating in Bertha's attitude of isolated defiance. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Every one heard, of course, that there had been some disagreement--some misunderstanding---- Did she hear that Bertha turned me off the yacht? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Or could Bertha--the dread alternative sprang on her suddenly--could Bertha, left to herself, have gone ashore to rejoin him? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• No--I heard her tell Bertha Dorset that she had six months to put in while her husband was taking the cure in the Engadine. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She would have smarter gowns than Judy Trenor, and far, far more jewels than Bertha Dorset. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It's one thing to get Bertha Dorset into line--but what you want is to keep her there. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Lily's colour rose: it was growing clear to her that Bertha was pursuing an object, following a line she had marked out for herself. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Not your fault that Bertha didn't turn up? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It was in Bertha's interest, certainly, that she had despatched Dorset to consult with Lawrence Selden. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• What an absurd question, Bertha! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• And of course I don't say there's any real harm in Bertha. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Was it to see herself or Bertha Dorset? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He was so desperately in earnest, poor youth, and his earnestness was of so different a quality from Bertha's, though hers too was desperate enough. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Even Bertha kept her hands off--I will say that--till Lawrence came down and you dragged him away from her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• No--nor to be lectured, Bertha, really; if that's what you are doing to me now. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Was it possible, after all, that he had come for Bertha Dorset? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Bertha has been behaving more than ever like a madwoman, and George's powers of credulity are very nearly exhausted. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Bertha Dorset's letters were nothing to her--they might go where the current of chance carried them! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• We all know that's what Bertha brought her abroad for. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Who but Selden could thus miraculously combine the skill to save Bertha with the obligation of doing so? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Bertha can already make her believe anything she pleases--and I'm afraid she's begun, my poor child, by insinuating horrors about you. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Bertha Mason is mad; and she came of a mad family; idiots and maniacs through three generations! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I thought you were so fond of Bertha. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I told you Bertha was dangerous. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• And why should Bertha Dorset have turned into an enemy at the very moment when she so obviously needed the support of her sex? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• If Bertha did worry him he would be quite different. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• You should have seen Bertha look vacant! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• When Bertha wants to have a good time she has to provide occupation for George. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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