Part 3 In The Shadow Chapter 13

But one day in Paimpol, hearing that /La Marie/ had just got in, Gaudfelt possessed¹ with a kind of fever. All her quiet composuredisappeared; she abruptly² finished up her work, without quite knowingwhy, and set off home sooner than usual.

　　Upon the road, as she hurried on, she recognised /him/, at somedistance off, coming towards her. She trembled and felt her strengthgiving way. He was now quite close, only about twenty steps off, hishead erect³ and his hair curling out from beneath his fisher's cap. Shewas so taken by surprise at this meeting, that she was afraid shemight fall, and then he would understand all; she would die of veryshame at it. She thought, too, she was not looking well, but weariedby the hurried work. She would have done anything to be hidden awayunder the reeds or in one of the ferret-holes.

　　He also had taken a backward step, as if to turn in another direction.

　　But it was too late now. Both met in the narrow path. Not to touchher, he drew up against the bank, with a side swerve⁴ like a skittishhorse, looking at her in a wild, stealthy way.

　　She, too, for one half second looked up, and in spite of herselfmutely implored⁵ him, with an agonized⁶ prayer. In that involuntarymeeting of their eyes, swift as the firing of a gun, these gray pupilsof hers had appeared to dilate⁷ and light up with some grand noblethought, which flashed forth⁸ in a blue flame, while the blood rushedcrimson even to her temples beneath her golden tresses.

　　As he touched his cap he faltered⁹. "Wish you good-day, MademoiselleGaud.""Good-day, Monsieur Yann," she answered.

　　That was all. He passed on. She went on her way, still quivering, butfeeling, as he disappeared, that her blood was slowly circulatingagain and her strength returning.

　　At home, she found Granny Moan crouching¹⁰ in a corner with her headheld between her hands, sobbing¹¹ with her childish "he, he!" her hairdishevelled and falling from beneath her cap like thin skeins of grayhemp.

　　"Oh, my kind Gaud! I've just met young Gaos down by Plouherzel as Icame back from my wood-gathering; we spoke¹² of our poor lad, of course.

　　They arrived this morning from Iceland, and in the afternoon he cameover to see me while I was out. Poor lad, he had tears in his eyes,too. He came right up to my door, my kind Gaud, to carry my littlefagot."She listened, standing¹³, while her heart seemed almost to break; sothis visit of Yann's, upon which she had so much relied for saying somany things, was already over, and would doubtless not occur again. Itwas all done. Her poor heart seemed more lonely than ever. Her miseryharder, and the world more empty; and she hung her head with a wilddesire to die.

1 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

2 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

3 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

4 swerve   

v.突然转向，背离；n．转向，弯曲，背离

参考例句：

• Nothing will swerve him from his aims.什么也不能使他改变目标。
• Her car swerved off the road into a 6ft high brick wall.她的车突然转向冲出了马路，撞向6英尺高的一面砖墙。

5 implored   

恳求或乞求（某人）( implore的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She implored him to stay. 她恳求他留下。
• She implored him with tears in her eyes to forgive her. 她含泪哀求他原谅她。

6 agonized   

v.使（极度）痛苦，折磨( agonize的过去式和过去分词 )；苦斗；苦苦思索；感到极度痛苦

参考例句：

• All the time they agonized and prayed. 他们一直在忍受痛苦并且祈祷。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She agonized herself with the thought of her loss. 她念念不忘自己的损失，深深陷入痛苦之中。 来自辞典例句

7 dilate   

vt.使膨胀，使扩大

参考例句：

• At night,the pupils dilate to allow in more light.到了晚上，瞳孔就会扩大以接收更多光线。
• Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain.运动会使大脑表层的血管扩张。

8 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

9 faltered   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
• "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着：“这孩子脑袋真长。”

10 crouching   

v.屈膝，蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
• A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

11 sobbing   

<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的

参考例句：

• I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
• Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

12 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

13 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。