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III I HEAR OF THE TREASURE AND MEET A FRIEND OF RAVENUTZI
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It was the very next day, and before I had learned as much of Herman’s adventure as I have already set down, that I began to hear of the Treasure. My hearing became the means of my knowing all that happened afterwards in Outland on account of it.
It was the middle of the afternoon when I came out of Evarra’s hut and found Herman, with his head bandaged, lying on a heap of skins with old Noche on guard, plaiting slings3. He had a loop of raw hide about one foot stretched straight before him to keep it taut4 as he plaited. Now and then he turned his face toward us with a wordless reassurance5, but chiefly his attention was taken by the children, who cooed and bobbed their heads together within the shadow.
45Back of them the redwoods stood up thick as organ pipes, and when the wind stirred, the space above was filled with the click of dropping needles and the flicker6 of light displaced. I was going on to inquire of Herman how he happened to come stumbling on my trail when I thought him safe at the University, but Noche making a noise of disapproval7 in his throat, I left off at once, and began to attend to the talk of the children. It grew clear as I fixed8 upon it or lapsed9 into unmeaning murmurs10 as my mind wandered. There were four or five of them busy about those curious structures that children build with pebbles12 and potsherds and mounds13 of patted dust, set off by a feather or a flower. Noche, it appeared, was very good at this sort of thing. To their great delight, he was persuaded to undertake a more
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ward
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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vt.扔;悬挂;n.挂带;吊索,吊兜;弹弓 | |
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抛( sling的第三人称单数 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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土堆,土丘( mound的名词复数 ); 一大堆 | |
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mound
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buckles
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搭扣,扣环( buckle的名词复数 ) | |
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creek
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filigree
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goblet
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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culpable
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growling
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attentiveness
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appreciation
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apparently
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scramble
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lamely
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一瘸一拐地,不完全地 | |
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briefly
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captivity
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amber
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fatuous
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spoke
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twilight
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amazement
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purport
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immediate
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affected
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inexplicable
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noted
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ridges
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ridge
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brooks
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furrows
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winding
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scattered
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traitor
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