When in an hour they crowded into a cab to go home, I strolled idly to my club. I was perhaps a little lonely, and it was with a touch of envy that I thought of the pleasant family life of which I had had a glimpse. They seemed devoted to one another. They had little private jokes of their own which, unintelligible to the outsider, amused them enormously. Perhaps Charles Strickland was dull judged by a standard that demanded above all things verbal scintillation; but his intelligence was adequate to his surroundings, and that is a passport, not only to reasonable success, but still more to happiness. Mrs. Strickland was a charming woman, and she loved him. I pictured their lives, troubled by no untoward adventure, honest, decent, and, by reason of those two upstanding, pleasant children, so obviously destined to carry on the normal traditions of their race and station, not without significance. They would grow old insensibly; they would see their son and daughter come to years of reason, marry in due course -- the one a pretty girl, future mother of healthy children; the other a handsome, manly fellow, obviously a soldier; and at last, prosperous in their dignified retirement, beloved by their descendants, after a happy, not unuseful life, in the fullness of their age they would sink into the grave.
相关单词：devoted
devoted解释：adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的
devoted例句：
He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
相关单词：unintelligible
unintelligible解释：adj.无法了解的，难解的，莫明其妙的
unintelligible例句：
If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results.如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据，它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk.这些术语一般人是不懂的。
相关单词：untoward
untoward解释：adj.不利的，不幸的，困难重重的
untoward例句：
Untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.有些不幸的事件使我不能在这欢庆的时刻和你在一起。
I'll come if nothing untoward happens.我要是没有特殊情况一定来。
相关单词：destined
destined解释：adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的
destined例句：
It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
相关单词：manly
manly解释：adj.有男子气概的；adv.男子般地，果断地
manly例句：
The boy walked with a confident manly stride.这男孩以自信的男人步伐行走。
He set himself manly tasks and expected others to follow his example.他给自己定下了男子汉的任务，并希望别人效之。
相关单词：dignified
dignified解释：a.可敬的，高贵的
dignified例句：
Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence. 在整个审讯过程中，他始终沉默以保持尊严。
He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend. 他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。
相关单词：retirement
retirement解释：n.退休，退职
retirement例句：
She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
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