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In her bedroom that night, Miss Marple tried to review the pattern of
Stonygates, but it was as yet too confused. There were currents and cross-
currents here—but whether they could account for Ruth Van Rydock’s un-
easiness it was impossible to tell. It did not seem to Miss Marple that Car-
rie Louise was affected1 in any way by what was going on round her.
Stephen was in love with Gina. Gina might or might not be in love with
Stephen. Walter Hudd was clearly not enjoying himself. These were incid-
ents that might and did occur in all places and at most times. There was,
unfortunately, nothing exceptional about them. They ended in the divorce
court and everybody hopefully started again—when fresh tangles2 were
created. Mildred Strete was clearly jealous of Gina and disliked her. That,
Miss Marple thought, was very natural.
She thought over what Ruth Van Rydock had told her. Carrie Louise’s
disappointment at not having a child—the adoption3 of little Pippa—and
then the discovery that, after all, a child was on the way.
“Often happens like that,” Miss Marple’s doctor had told her. “Relief of
tension, maybe, and then Nature can do its work.”
He had added that it was usually hard lines on the adopted child.
But that had not been so in this case. Both Gulbrandsen and his wife had
adored little Pippa. She had made her place too firmly in their hearts to be
lightly set aside. Gulbrandsen was already a father. Paternity meant noth-
ing new to him. Carrie Louise’s maternal4 yearnings had been assuaged5 by
Pippa. Her pregnancy6 had been uncomfortable and the actual birth diffi-
cult7 and prolonged. Possibly Carrie Louise, who had never cared for real-
ity, did not enjoy her first brush with it.
There remained two little girls growing up, one pretty and amusing, the
other plain and dull. Which again, Miss Marple thought, was quite nat-
ural. For when people adopt a baby girl, they choose a pretty one. And
though Mildred might have been lucky and taken after the Martins who
had produced handsome Ruth and dainty Carrie Louise, Nature elected
that she should take after the Gulbrandsens who were large and stolid8 and
uncompromisingly plain.
Moreover Carrie Louise was determined9 that the adopted child should
never feel her position and in making sure of this she was overindulgent
to Pippa and sometimes less than fair to Mildred.
Pippa had married and gone away to Italy, and Mildred, for a time, had
been the only daughter of the house. But then Pippa had died and Carrie
Louise had brought Pippa’s baby back to Stonygates and once more Mil-
dred had been out of it. There had been the new marriage—the Restarick
boys. In 1934 Mildred had married Canon Strete, a scholarly antiquarian
about ten or fifteen years older, and had gone away to live in the south of
England. Presumably she had been happy—but one did not really know.
There had been no children. And now here she was, back again in the
same house where she had been brought up. And once again, Miss Marple
thought, not particularly happy in it.
Gina, Stephen, Wally, Mildred, Miss Bellever who liked an ordered
routine and was unable to enforce it. Lewis Serrocold, who was clearly
blissfully and wholeheartedly happy, an idealist able to translate his ideals
into practical measures. In none of these personalities10 did Miss Marple
find what Ruth’s words had led her to believe she might find. Carrie
Louise seemed secure, remote at the heart of the whirlpool—as she had
been all her life. What then, in that atmosphere, had Ruth felt to be wrong
…? Did she, Jane Marple, feel it also?
What of the outer personalities of the whirlpool—the occupational ther-
apists, the schoolmasters, earnest, harmless young men, confident young
Dr. Maverick11, the three pink-faced, innocent-eyed young delinquents—
Edgar Lawson….
And here, just before she fell asleep, Miss Marple’s thoughts stopped and
revolved12 speculatively13 round the figure of Edgar Lawson. Edgar Lawson
reminded her of someone or something. There was something a little
wrong about Edgar Lawson—perhaps more than a little. Edgar Lawson
was maladjusted—that was the phrase, wasn’t it? But surely that didn’t,
and couldn’t, touch Carrie Louise?
Mentally, Miss Marple shook her head.
What worried her was something more than that.

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1 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
2 tangles 10e8ecf716bf751c5077f8b603b10006     
（使）缠结， （使）乱作一团( tangle的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • Long hair tangles easily. 长头发容易打结。
  • Tangles like this still interrupted their intercourse. 像这类纠缠不清的误会仍然妨碍着他们的交情。
3 adoption UK7yu     
n.采用，采纳，通过；收养
参考例句：
  • An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
  • The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。
4 maternal 57Azi     
adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的
参考例句：
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
5 assuaged 9aa05a6df431885d047bdfcb66ac7645     
v.减轻( assuage的过去式和过去分词 )；缓和；平息；使安静
参考例句：
  • Although my trepidation was not completely assuaged, I was excited. 虽然我的种种担心并没有完全缓和，我还是很激动。 来自互联网
  • Rejection (which cannot be assuaged) is another powerful motivator of bullying. （不能缓和的）拒绝是另一个欺负行为的有力动因。 来自互联网
6 pregnancy lPwxP     
n.怀孕，怀孕期
参考例句：
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
7 cult 3nPzm     
n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜
参考例句：
  • Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
  • The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
8 stolid VGFzC     
adj.无动于衷的，感情麻木的
参考例句：
  • Her face showed nothing but stolid indifference.她的脸上毫无表情，只有麻木的无动于衷。
  • He conceals his feelings behind a rather stolid manner.他装作无动于衷的样子以掩盖自己的感情。
9 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的；有决心的
参考例句：
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
10 personalities ylOzsg     
n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
  • Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
11 maverick 47Ozg     
adj.特立独行的；不遵守传统的；n.持异议者，自行其是者
参考例句：
  • He's a maverick.He has his own way of thinking about things.他是个特异独行的人。对事情有自己的看法。
  • You're a maverick and you'll try anything.你是个爱自行其是的人，样样事情都要尝试一下。
12 revolved b63ebb9b9e407e169395c5fc58399fe6     
v.（使）旋转( revolve的过去式和过去分词 )；细想
参考例句：
  • The fan revolved slowly. 电扇缓慢地转动着。
  • The wheel revolved on its centre. 轮子绕中心转动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 speculatively 6f786a35f4960ebbc2f576c1f51f84a4     
adv.思考地，思索地；投机地
参考例句：
  • He looked at her speculatively. 他若有所思的看着她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She eyed It'speculatively as a cruel smile appeared on her black lips. 她若有所思地审视它，黑色的嘴角浮起一丝残酷的微笑。 来自互联网

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