JULIA, as I have said, went to her own room, wounded unintentionally by a chance speech: she sat down sick at heart; and presently opened her window and looked out upon the starry1 night, and wondered where Alfred was now; that Alfred for whom nobody else had a Human heart, it seemed. “Alfred! my poor Alfred!” she sighed, and half-expected to hear him reply. Then she said to herself, “They all called you false but me; yet I was right: and now they all call you mad; but not I: I believe nothing against you. You are my own Alfred still. Where have the wretches2 driven you to?” At this her feelings carried her away, and she cried aloud on him despairingly, and leaned upon the window-sill, and the tears ran fast for him.
Presently out of the silence of the night seemed to struggle a faint but clear voice:
“Julia.”
She started, and a muffled3 scream came from her. Then she listened, all trembling. Again the voice sighed, faintly but clear, “Julia!”
“Alfred?” said she, quavering.
“Yes. Pray be cautious; give no alarm. The house is watched; bring Edward.”
She flew downstairs, and electrified4 Edward and Sampson with the news. “Oh, promise me not to betray him!” she cried.
“Hut!” said the doctor, starting to his feet, “what should we betray him for? I’ll cure him for you. I can cure any lunatic that has lucid5 intervals6. Where is he?”
“Follow me,” gasped7 Julia. “Stay. I’ll get rid of the servants first. I’ll not play the fool, and betray him to his enemies.” She sent Sarah eastward8, and Jane westward9, and then led the way through the kitchen door into the yard.
They all searched about, and found nothing. Then Julia begged them to be silent. She whispered, “Alfred!” And instantly a faint voice issued from the top of a waggon10 laden11 with hay and covered with a tarpaulin12. “Julia.”
They all stood staring.
“Who are those with you?” asked Alfred uneasily.
“Only friends, dear! Edward and Dr. Sampson.”
“Ned, old fellow,” groaned13 Alfred, “you pulled me out of the fire, won’t you help me out of this? I think my leg is broken.”
At this Julia wrung14 her hands, and Edward ran into the house for his rope, and threw it over the waggon. He told Julia and Sampson to hold on by one end, and seizing the other, was up on the waggon in a moment. He felt about till he came to a protuberance; and that was Alfred under the tarpaulin, in which he had cut breathing-holes with his penknife. Edward sent Julia in for a carving-knife, and soon made an enormous slit15: through this a well-known figure emerged into the moonlight, and seemed wonderfully tall to have been so hidden. His hands being uninjured, he easily descended16 the rope, and stood on one leg, holding it. Then Sampson and Edward put each an arm under his, and helped him into the house.
After the body the mind. That is the rule throughout creation. They examined, not his reason, but his leg. Julia stood by with clasped hands, and a face beaming with pity and anxiety, that repaid his pain. Sampson announced there were no bones broken, but a bad sprain17, and the limb very red and swollen18. “Now,” inquired he briskly of the company, “what is the practice in sprains19? Why, leeches20 and cold water.”
Edward offered at once to run and get them.
“Are you mad?” was the reply. “Daun’t I tell ye that is the practice? And isn’t the practice sure to be th’ opposite of the remedy? So get water as hot as he can bear it, and no leeches.”
Julia remonstrated21 angrily. “Is this a case for jesting?”
“Deevil a jest in it,” replied the doctor. “‘Well then, if ye must know, th’ opera-dancers apply hot water to sprains: now what is their interest? T’ expedite the cure: and the faculty22 apply cold water: and what is their interest? To procrastinate23 the cure, and make a long job of it. So just hold your toungues, and ring for hot water.”
Julia did not ring; she beckoned24 Edward, and they flew out and soon brought a foot-pan of hot water. Edward them removed Alfred’s shoes and stockings, and Julia bared her lovely arms, and blushed like a rose.
Alfred divined her intention. “Dear Julia,” he said, “I won’t let you: that is too high an honour. Sarah can do that.”
But Julia’s blood was up. “Sarah?” said she contemptuously; “she is too heavy handed: and — hold your tongue; I don’t take my orders from you;” then more humbly25 to the doctor, “I am a district visitor: I nurse all manner of strangers, and he says I must leave his poor suffering leg to the servants.”
“Unnatural young monster,” said the doctor. “G’im a good nip.”
Julia followed this advice by handling Alfred’s swollen ankle with a tenderness so exquisite26, and pressing it with the full sponge so softly, that her divine touch soothed27 him as much or more than the water. After nursing him into the skies a minute or two, she looked up blushing in his face, and said coaxingly28, “Are you mad, dear Alfred? Don’t be afraid to tell us the truth. The madder you are, the more you need me to take care of you, you know.”
Alfred smiled at this sapient29 discourse30, and said he was not the least mad, and hoped to take care of her as soon as his ankle was well enough. This closed that sweet mouth of hers exceeding tight, and her face was seen no more for a while, but hid by bending earnestly over her work, only as her creamy poll turned pink, the colour of that hidden face was not hard to divine.
Then Edward asked Alfred how in the world he had escaped and got into that waggon. The thing was incredible. “Mirawculous,” said Dr. Sampson in assent31.
“No,” said Alfred, “it looks stranger to you than it is. The moment I found my pistol was gone, I determined32 to run. I looked down and saw a spout33 with a great ornamental34 mouth, almost big enough to sit on; and, while I was looking greedily at it, three horses came into the yard drawing a load of hay. The waggoner was busy clearing the pavement with his wheel, and the waggon almost stopped a moment right under me. There was a lot of loose hay on the top. I let myself down, and hung by the spout a moment, and then leaped on to the loose hay. Unfortunately there were the hard trusses beneath it, and so I got my sprain. Oh, I say, didn’t it hurt? However, I crept under the hay and hid myself, and saw Wolf’s men come into the yard. By-and-by a few drops of rain fell, and some fellows chucked down a tarpaulin from the loft35, and nearly smothered36 me: so I cut a few air-holes with my penknife. And there I lay, Heaven knows how long: it seemed two days. At last I saw an angel at a window I called her by the name she bears on earth: to my joy she answered, and here I am, as happy as a prince among you all, and devilish hungry.”
“What a muff I was not to think of that,” said Edward, and made for the larder37.
“Dear doctor,” said Julia, lifting a Madonna-like face with swimming eyes, “I see no change in him: he is very brave, and daring, and saucy38. But so he always was. To be sure he says extravagant39 things, and stares one out of countenance40 with his eyes: well, and so he always did — ever since I knew him.”
“Mayn’t I even look my gratitude41?” whined42 Alfred.
“Yes, but you need not stare it.”
“It’s your own fault, Miss Julee,” said Sampson. “With you fomenting43 his sprain the creature’s fomenting his own insensate passion. Break every bone in a puppy’s body, and it’s a puppy still; and it doesn’t do to spoil puppies, as ye’re spoiling this one. Nlist me, ye vagabin. Take yonr eyes off the lady; and look me in the face — if ye can: and tell me how you came to leave us all in the lurch44 on your wedding morn.”
Julia fired up. “It was not his fault, poor thing; he was decoyed away after that miserable45 money. Ah, you may laugh at me for hating money; but have I not good reason to hate it?”
“Whist, whist, y’ impetuous cracter; and let him tell his own tale.”
Alfred, thus invited, delivered one of his calm, luminous46 statements; which had hitherto been listened to so coldly by one official after another. But the effect was mighty47 different, falling now on folk not paid to pity. As for Dr. Sampson, he bounced up very early in the narrative48, and went striding up and down the room: he was pale with indignation, and his voice trembled with emotion, and every now and then he broke in on the well-governed narrative with oaths and curses, and observations of this kind —“Why dinnt ye kill um? I’d have killed um. I’d just have taken the first knife and killed um. Man, our Liberty is our Life. Dith to whoever attacks it!”
And so Edward coming in with Alfred’s dinner on a tray, found the soi-disant maniac49 delivering his wrongs with the lofty serenity50 of an ancient philosopher discussing the wrongs of another, Julia crying furtively51 into the tub, and the good physician trampling52 and raving53 about the room, like what the stoical narrator was accused of being. Edward stopped, and looked at them all over the tray. “Well,” said he, “if there’s a madman in the room, it is not Hardie. Ahem.”
“Madman? ye young ijjit,” roared the doctor, “he’s no madder than I am.”
“Heaven forbid,” said Alfred drily.
“No madder than you are, ye young Pump.”
“That’s an ungenerous skit54 on Edward’s profession,” objected the maniac.
“Be quite now, chattering,” said the excited doctor; “I tell ye ye niver were mad, and niver will be. It’s just the most heartless imposture55, the most rascally56 fraud I’ve ever caught the Mad Ox out in. I’ll expose it. Gimme pninkpapr. Man, they’ll take y’ again if we don’t mind. But I’ll stop that: these ineequities can only be done in the dark. I’ll shed the light of day on ’em. Eat your dinner, and hold your tongue a minute — if ye can.” The doctor had always a high sense of Alfred’s volubility.
He went to work, and soon produced a letter headed, “PRIVATE MADHOUSES.” In this he related pithily57 Alfred’s incarceration58, and the present attempt to recapture him, with the particulars of his escape. “That will interest th’ enemy,” said he drily. He vouched59 for Alfred’s sanity60 at both dates, and pledged himself to swear to it in a court of law. He then inquired what it availed to have sent one tyrant61 to Phalaris and another to Versailles in defence of our Liberty, since after all that Liberty lies grovelling62 at the mercy of Dr. Pill-box and Mr. Sawbones, and a single designing relative? Then he drew a strong picture of this free-born British citizen skulking63 and hiding at this moment from a gang of rogues64 and conspirators65, who in France and other civilised countries that brag66 less of liberty than we do, would be themselves flying as criminals from the officers of justice; and he wound up with a warm appeal to the press to cast its shield over the victim of bad laws and foul67 practices. “In England,” said he, “Justice is the daughter of Publicity68. Throughout the world deeds of villainy are done every day in kid gloves: but, with us, at all events, they have to be done on the sly! Here lies our true moral eminence69 as a nation. Utter then your ‘fiat lux,’ cast the full light of publicity on this dark villainy; and behold70 it will wither71, and your oppressed and injured fellow-citizen be safe from that very hour.”
He signed it and read it out to them, or rather roared it. But he had written it so well he could not make it bad by delivery. Indeed, he was a masterly writer of English, you must know. Julia was delighted, but Alfred shook his head. “The editor will not put it in.”
“Th’ editor! D’ye think I’m so green as to trust t’ any one editor? D’ye think I’ve lived all these years and not learned what poor cowardly things men are? Moral courage! where can you find it? Except in the dickshinary? Few to the world their honest thoughts avow73; the groveller74 policy robs justice now—
And none but Sampson dares to lift a hond
Against the curst corruption75 of the lond.
Now, lad, I’m off to my printer with this. They are working night and day just now: there will be two hundred copies printed in half an hour.”
“And me, doctor,” said Julia. “Am poor I to have no hand in it? How cruel of you? Oh pray, pray, pray let me help a little.”
“Put on your bonnet76, then, directly,” said he: “in war never lose a minute.”
“But I am so afraid they may be lying in wait for him outside.”
“Then we’ll give them a good hiding: there are three of us; all good men and staunch,” said the indomitable doctor.
“No, no,” said the pugnacious77 Alfred. “Julia does not like fighting: I heard her screaming all the time I was defending myself on the stairs: let us be prudent78: let us throw dust in their eyes. Put me on a bonnet and cloak.”
“And a nice little woman you’ll make, ye fathom79.”
“Oh, I can stoop — to conquer.”
Julia welcomed this plan almost with glee, and she and Edward very soon made a handsome brazen-looking trollop six feet high. Then it had to stoop, and Edward and Julia helped it out to the carriage, under the very noses of a policeman and a keeper, who were watching for Alfred: seeing which — oh frailty80 of woman! — the district visitor addressed it aloud as her aunt, and begged it to take care: which she afterwards observed was acting81 a falsehood, and “where was her Christianity?”
Alfred was actually not recognised: the carriage bowled away to the great printing house; it was on that side the water. The foreman entered into the thing with spirit, and divided the copy, small as it was, among two or three compositors: so a rough proof was ready in an incredibly short time; the doctor corrected it: and soon they began to work off the copies. The foreman found them Mitchell’s newspaper list, and envelopes by the hundred, and while the copies were pouring in, all hands were folding and addressing them to the London and provincial82 editors. The office lent the stamps. The doctor drove Alfred to his own lodgings83, and forbade him to reappear in Pembroke Street until the letter should come out in the London journals.
That night the letters were all posted, and at daybreak were flying north, south, east and west. In the afternoon the letter came out in four London evening papers, and the next morning the metropolis84 and the whole kingdom were ringing with them, and the full blaze of publicity burst upon this dark deed.
Ay, stout85 Sampson, well you knew mankind, and well you knew the nation you lived in. Richard Hardie, in the very act of setting detectives to find Alfred’s lurking-place, ran his nose against this letter in the Globe. He collapsed86 at the sight of it; and wrote directly to Dr. Wolf, enclosing it and saying that it would be unadvisable to make any fresh attempt. His letter was crossed by one from Dr. Wolf, containing Sampson’s thunderbolt extracted from the Sun, and saying that no earthly consideration should induce him to meddle87 with Alfred now. Richard Hardie flung himself into the train, and went down to his brother at Clare Court.
He was ill at ease. He felt like some great general, who has launched many attacks against the foe88, very successful at first, then less successful, then repulsed89 with difficulty, then repulsed with ease, till at last the foe stands before him impregnable. Then he feels that ere long that iron enemy will attack him in turn, and that he, exhausted90 by his own onslaughts, must defend himself how he can. Yet there was a pause; he passed a whole quiet peaceful day with his brother, assuring him that the affair would go no further on either side; but in his secret soul he felt this quiet day was but the ominous91 pause between two great battles: one of the father against the son, the other of the son against the father.
And he was right: the very next day the late defender92 attacked, and in earnest. But for certain reasons I prefer to let another relate it:
Hardie v. Hardie.
“DEAR SIR — If you had been in my office when I received your favour of yesterday relating deft93.‘s ruffian-like assault, you would have seen the most ridiculous sight in nature — videlicet, an attorney in a passion. I threw professional courtesy to the winds, and sent Colls off to Clare Court to serve the writ72 personally. Next day, he found the deft, walking in his garden with Mr. Richard Hardie. Having learned from the servant which was his man, he stepped up and served copy of the writ in the usual way. Deft. turned pale, and his knees knocked together, and Colls thinks he mistook himself for a felon94, and was going to ask for mercy. But Mr. Richard stopped him, and said his attorneys were Messrs. Heathfield, in Chancery Lane; and was this the way Mr. Compton did business? serving a writ personally on a gentleman in weak health. So Colls, who can sneer95 in his quiet way, told him ‘No,’ but the invalid96 had declined to answer my letter, and the invalid had made a violent attack upon our client’s person, avoiding his attorney, ‘so, as his proceedings97 are summary, we meet him in kind,’ says little Colls. ‘Oho,’ says Mr. Richard, ‘your are a wit, are you? Come and have some luncheon98.’ This was to get him away from the weaker brother, I take it. He gave Colls an excellent luncheon, and some admirable conversation on policy and finance: and when he was going, says this agreeable host: ‘Well, Mr. —— — you have had your bellyful of chicken and Madeira; and your client shall have his bellyful of law.’ And this Colls considers emphatic99 but coarse. — I am, yours faithfully,
“JOHN COMPTON.
“P.S.— Colls elicited100 that no further attempt will be made to capture you. It seems some injudicious friend of yours has been writing to the newspapers. Pray stop that.”
On receiving this letter, Alfred bought another double pistol, loaded it, hired a body-guard of two prizefighters, and with these at his heels, repaired to 66 Pembroke Street. No enemy was near: the press had swept the street alike of keepers and police with one Briarian gesture. He found Julia and Edward in great anxiety about their father. The immediate101 cause was a letter from Mrs. Dodd, which Edward gave him to read; but not till he had first congratulated him heartily102 on the aegis103 of the press being thrown over him. “The ’Tiser has a leader on it,” said he.
Mrs. Dodd’s letter ran thus:—
“My DEAR DEAR CHILDREN — I am coming home to you heartbroken, without your poor father. I saw an East Indian ship go to sea, and some instinct whispered, suppose he should be on board that ship! But, foolishly, I did not utter my thoughts: because they call these instincts women’s fancies. But now even Mr. Green thinks he is gone to sea; for the town has been ransacked104, and no trace of him can we find. I met my cousin, Captain Bazalgette, here, and he is promoted to the Vulture frigate105, and sails today. I have told him all our misfortunes, and he has promised to overhaul106 that merchant ship if he comes up with her: but I can see by the way his eye shuns107 mine he has no real hopes. His ship is the swifter, but he may pass her in the night. And then he is bound for New Zealand, not India. I told Reginald my poor husband’s expression of face is altered by his affliction, and that he takes himself for a common sailor, and has his medal still round his neck. Our cousin is very kind, and will do all he can. God can protect my darling at sea, as He has ashore108: and in His power alone have I any trust. Any further stay here is vain: my heart, too, yearns109 for my other treasures, and dreads110 lest whilst I am here, and because I am here, some evil should befall you too. Expect me soon after this letter, and let us try and comfort one another under this the heaviest of all our many troubles. — With sad heart, I am, both my darlings’ loving mother and friend,
“LUCY DODD”
In the discussion of this letter Alfred betrayed a slight defect of character. He pooh-poohed the calamity111: said David had now a chance, and a good one, of being cured: whereas confinement112 was one of the common causes of insanity113 even in sane114 persons. And he stoutly115 maintained that David’s going to sea was a happy inspiration. Edward coloured, but deigned116 no reply. Julia was less patient, and though she was too loving and too womanly to tell Alfred to his face he was deceiving himself, and arguing thus indirectly117 to justify118 himself in taking her father out of the asylum119 at all, yet she saw it, and it imparted a certain coldness into her replies. Alfred noticed this, and became less confident and louder, and prodigiously120 logical.
He was still flowing on with high imperious voice, which I suppose overpowered the sound of Mrs. Dodd’s foot, when she entered suddenly, pale and weary, in her travelling-dress.
Alfred stopped, and they all started to their feet.
At sight of Alfred she stood dumbfoundered a single moment; then uttered a faint shriek121; and looked at him with unutterable terror.
He stood disconcerted.
Julia ran, and throwing her arms round Mrs. Dodd’s neck, entreated122 her not to be afraid of him: he was not mad; Dr. Sampson said so. Edward confirmed her words; and then Julia poured out the story of his wrongs with great gushes123 of natural eloquence124 that might have melted a rock, and, as anticlimax125 is part of a true woman, ended innocently by begging her mother not to look so unkindly at him; and his ankle so sprained126, and him in such pain. For the first time in her life Mrs. Dodd was deaf to her daughter’s natural eloquence; it was remarkable127 how little her countenance changed while Julia appealed. She stood looking askant with horror at Alfred all through that gentle eloquent128 appeal. But nevertheless her conduct showed she had heard every word: as soon as ever her daughter’s voice stopped, she seemed to dilate129 bodily, and moved towards Alfred pale and lowering. Yes, for once this gentle quiet lady looked terrible. She confronted Alfred, “Is this true, sir?” said she, in a low stern voice. “Are you not insane? Have you never been bereft130 of your reason?”
“No, Mrs. Dodd, I have not.”
“Then what have you done with my husband, sir?”
收听单词发音 |
1
starry
|
|
| adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
wretches
|
|
| n.不幸的人( wretch的名词复数 )；可怜的人；恶棍；坏蛋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
muffled
|
|
| adj.（声音）被隔的；听不太清的；（衣服）裹严的；蒙住的v.压抑，捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 )；用厚厚的衣帽包着（自己） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
electrified
|
|
| v.使电气化( electrify的过去式和过去分词 )；使兴奋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
lucid
|
|
| adj.明白易懂的，清晰的，头脑清楚的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
intervals
|
|
| n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
gasped
|
|
| v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
eastward
|
|
| adv.向东；adj.向东的；n.东方，东部 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
westward
|
|
| n.西方，西部；adj.西方的，向西的；adv.向西 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
waggon
|
|
| n.运货马车，运货车；敞篷车箱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
laden
|
|
| adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
tarpaulin
|
|
| n.涂油防水布，防水衣，防水帽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
groaned
|
|
| v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
wrung
|
|
| 绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 )； 握紧（尤指别人的手）； 把（湿衣服）拧干； 绞掉（水） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
slit
|
|
| n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
descended
|
|
| a.为...后裔的，出身于...的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
sprain
|
|
| n.扭伤,扭筋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
swollen
|
|
| adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
sprains
|
|
| 扭伤( sprain的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
leeches
|
|
| n.水蛭( leech的名词复数 )；蚂蟥；榨取他人脂膏者；医生 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
remonstrated
|
|
| v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 )；告诫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
faculty
|
|
| n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
procrastinate
|
|
| v.耽搁，拖延 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
beckoned
|
|
| v.（用头或手的动作）示意，召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
humbly
|
|
| adv. 恭顺地，谦卑地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
exquisite
|
|
| adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
soothed
|
|
| v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
28
coaxingly
|
|
| adv. 以巧言诱哄，以甘言哄骗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
29
sapient
|
|
| adj.有见识的，有智慧的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
discourse
|
|
| n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
assent
|
|
| v.批准，认可；n.批准，认可 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
determined
|
|
| adj.坚定的；有决心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
spout
|
|
| v.喷出，涌出；滔滔不绝地讲；n.喷管；水柱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
ornamental
|
|
| adj.装饰的；作装饰用的；n.装饰品；观赏植物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
loft
|
|
| n.阁楼，顶楼 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
smothered
|
|
| （使）窒息， （使）透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 )； 覆盖； 忍住； 抑制 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
larder
|
|
| n.食物贮藏室，食品橱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
saucy
|
|
| adj.无礼的；俊俏的；活泼的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
extravagant
|
|
| adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
countenance
|
|
| n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
gratitude
|
|
| adj.感激，感谢 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
whined
|
|
| v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 )；哀诉，诉怨 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
fomenting
|
|
| v.激起，煽动（麻烦等）( foment的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
lurch
|
|
| n.突然向前或旁边倒；v.蹒跚而行 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
miserable
|
|
| adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
luminous
|
|
| adj.发光的，发亮的；光明的；明白易懂的；有启发的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
mighty
|
|
| adj.强有力的；巨大的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
narrative
|
|
| n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
maniac
|
|
| n.精神癫狂的人；疯子 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
serenity
|
|
| n.宁静，沉着，晴朗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
furtively
|
|
| adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
trampling
|
|
| 踩( trample的现在分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
raving
|
|
| adj.说胡话的；疯狂的，怒吼的；非常漂亮的；令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话；疯话adv.胡言乱语地；疯狂地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
skit
|
|
| n.滑稽短剧；一群 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
imposture
|
|
| n.冒名顶替，欺骗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
rascally
|
|
| adj. 无赖的，恶棍的 adv. 无赖地，卑鄙地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
pithily
|
|
| adv.有力地，简洁地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
incarceration
|
|
| n.监禁，禁闭；钳闭 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
vouched
|
|
| v.保证( vouch的过去式和过去分词 )；担保；确定；确定地说 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
sanity
|
|
| n.心智健全，神智正常，判断正确 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
tyrant
|
|
| n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
grovelling
|
|
| adj.卑下的，奴颜婢膝的v.卑躬屈节，奴颜婢膝( grovel的现在分词 )；趴 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
skulking
|
|
| v.潜伏，偷偷摸摸地走动，鬼鬼祟祟地活动( skulk的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
rogues
|
|
| n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 )；无赖；调皮捣蛋的人；离群的野兽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
conspirators
|
|
| n.共谋者，阴谋家( conspirator的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
brag
|
|
| v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
foul
|
|
| adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
publicity
|
|
| n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
eminence
|
|
| n.卓越，显赫；高地，高处；名家 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
behold
|
|
| v.看，注视，看到 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
wither
|
|
| vt.使凋谢，使衰退，(用眼神气势等)使畏缩；vi.枯萎，衰退，消亡 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
writ
|
|
| n.命令状，书面命令 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
avow
|
|
| v.承认，公开宣称 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
groveller
|
|
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
75
corruption
|
|
| n.腐败，堕落，贪污 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
bonnet
|
|
| n.无边女帽；童帽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
pugnacious
|
|
| adj.好斗的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
prudent
|
|
| adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
fathom
|
|
| v.领悟，彻底了解 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
frailty
|
|
| n.脆弱；意志薄弱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
acting
|
|
| n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
provincial
|
|
| adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
lodgings
|
|
| n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
metropolis
|
|
| n.首府；大城市 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
collapsed
|
|
| adj.倒塌的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
meddle
|
|
| v.干预，干涉，插手 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
foe
|
|
| n.敌人，仇敌 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
repulsed
|
|
| v.击退( repulse的过去式和过去分词 )；驳斥；拒绝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
exhausted
|
|
| adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
ominous
|
|
| adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
92
defender
|
|
| n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
93
deft
|
|
| adj.灵巧的，熟练的（a deft hand 能手） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
94
felon
|
|
| n.重罪犯；adj.残忍的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
95
sneer
|
|
| v.轻蔑；嘲笑；n.嘲笑，讥讽的言语 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
96
invalid
|
|
| n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
97
proceedings
|
|
| n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
98
luncheon
|
|
| n.午宴，午餐，便宴 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
99
emphatic
|
|
| adj.强调的，着重的；无可置疑的，明显的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
100
elicited
|
|
| 引出，探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
101
immediate
|
|
| adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
102
heartily
|
|
| adv.衷心地，诚恳地，十分，很 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
103
aegis
|
|
| n.盾；保护，庇护 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
104
ransacked
|
|
| v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫，掠夺 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
105
frigate
|
|
| n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
106
overhaul
|
|
| v./n.大修，仔细检查 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
107
shuns
|
|
| v.避开，回避，避免( shun的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
108
ashore
|
|
| adv.在(向)岸上，上岸 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
109
yearns
|
|
| 渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
110
dreads
|
|
| n.恐惧，畏惧( dread的名词复数 )；令人恐惧的事物v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
111
calamity
|
|
| n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
112
confinement
|
|
| n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
113
insanity
|
|
| n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
114
sane
|
|
| adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
115
stoutly
|
|
| adv.牢固地，粗壮的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
116
deigned
|
|
| v.屈尊，俯就( deign的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
117
indirectly
|
|
| adv.间接地，不直接了当地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
118
justify
|
|
| vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
119
asylum
|
|
| n.避难所，庇护所，避难 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
120
prodigiously
|
|
| adv.异常地，惊人地，巨大地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
121
shriek
|
|
| v./n.尖叫，叫喊 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
122
entreated
|
|
| 恳求，乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
123
gushes
|
|
| n.涌出，迸发( gush的名词复数 )v.喷，涌( gush的第三人称单数 )；滔滔不绝地说话 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
124
eloquence
|
|
| n.雄辩；口才，修辞 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
125
anticlimax
|
|
| n.令人扫兴的结局；突降法 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
126
sprained
|
|
| v.&n. 扭伤 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
127
remarkable
|
|
| adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
128
eloquent
|
|
| adj.雄辩的，口才流利的；明白显示出的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
129
dilate
|
|
| vt.使膨胀，使扩大 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
130
bereft
|
|
| adj.被剥夺的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |