Chapter XI

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

affected manners intended to impress others

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

lacking funds

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

plural of “case” — an occurrence of something

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

past form of “contemplate” — look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

determine the number or amount of

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

performance of moral or religious acts

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

not as far along as normal in development

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

plural of “entreaty” — earnest or urgent request

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

to certain extent or degree

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

a formation of aircraft in flight

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

set up or found

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

having frets

From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

plural of “gift” — something acquired without compensation

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

destroyed or killed

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a device that requires skill for proper use

From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

plural of “jewel” — a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

immediately past

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

for more time

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

held dear

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

not any; not one

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

in an open way

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

plural of “ornament” — something used to beautify

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

above and across; more than

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

inspired by love for your country

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

plural of “preparation” — the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a remark that calls attention to something or someone

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

-ing form of “rehearse” — engage in a rehearsal

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

characterized by resonance

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

Identical; not different.

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

being or feeling set or kept apart from others

From this reading SEPARATED.

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

having a handwritten signature

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

deliver by singing

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

a male human offspring

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

agitating a liquid with an implement

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

plural of “table” — a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

in or at that place or location

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

showing lack of careful thought

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

up to a particular time

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the act of dressing and preparing yourself

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

tested and proved useful or correct

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

causing difficulty or annoyance

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

not yet opened or unsealed

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

precisely as stated

From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

at the time that

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

an old word meaning “to where”

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

in the company of; together with

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.