artless (adj.) uncontrolled, unskilful: as (conj.) as if: as (conj.) because: as (conj.) so that: as (conj.) such as, for instance, to wit: askant, askaunt (prep.) aslant, across: aspect (n.) [of a human face] look, appearance, expression: assail (v.) attack, assault, address: assault (n.) attack, temptation, snare: assay (n.) attack, attempt ...

"Art" means skill, skillfulness, so that "artless" means clumsy, unskilled, or crude. What Gertrude means is that when you feel guilty, you get full of jealousy or suspicion of...

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Her words are meaningless—yet those who hear her babbling attempt to understand its meaning. They patch up the gaps within her words, and end up hearing what they want to hear. And the winks and nods and gestures she makes while speaking imply—without being at all clear—that she’s hinting at some terrible deeper meaning.