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I was sitting under a toyon tree watching Evarra brew1 forgetfulness in a polished porphyry bowl, when Herman came by. It was the morning of the Meet. The Cup was wanted for her who was the Ward2, and Evarra took a great deal of pains with the brew, heating the bowl slowly and, when the dry leaves began to smoke and give off an odor of young fir, dropping water gently and setting it to steep in the sun. I had hoped to discover what plant it might be, but there was little to be guessed except that it had a blue flower taken in the bud, and smelled like a wood path in the spring. Evarra sat and stirred under the toyon and answered my questions or not as she was inclined.
“Do you know any sort of an herb, Evarra, that will turn gray hair black again?”
“That I do; and black hair gray if you wish 95it.” But I had not caught the significance of her statement, when Herman came along, bursting full of news. He was looking almost handsome that morning, for he had put on the dress of the Outliers for the first time, and though he had managed it so as to cover more of his skin than was their fashion, it became him very well. Some satisfying quality streamed from him, according with the day. As if he had laid off something besides the dress which had come between him and the effect I had wished him to have on me.
“Come up the trail with me; I have some news for you,” he began. “May she?”
This last was to Evarra. With all the basin of Deep Fern and Leaping Water full of their own folk we had been allowed to move freely about among them, but there was still a form of keeping us under guard.
“Go up,” said Evarra, probably glad to get rid of me, “as far as Fallen Tree, where you can see the Leap between that and the clearing. I will join you presently. You can see the procession best from there, when it first comes out of the wood.”
The dew was not yet gone up from the shadows nor the virgin3 morning warmed a 96whit toward noon; the creek4 sang at the curve, I felt the axles of the earth sing as it swung eastward5. I spread out my arms in the trail and touched the tips of the growing things, and felt the tide of abundant life rise through my fingers. Herman strode in the trail ahead and called over his shoulder:
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brew
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v.酿造,调制 | |
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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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creek
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eastward
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cordon
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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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civilized
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primal
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prop
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resounding
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grassy
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bleached
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漂白的,晒白的,颜色变浅的 | |
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prominence
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tune
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pageant
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n.壮观的游行;露天历史剧 | |
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rippled
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使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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steadily
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saluting
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immaturity
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tawny
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vagrant
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scarlet
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interval
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beholder
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amber
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rippling
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起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的 | |
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glade
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pang
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foliage
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holly
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slanting
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倾斜的,歪斜的 | |
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detention
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n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下 | |
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annoyance
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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perch
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pointedly
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touching
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v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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dread
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bestow
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countenance
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curdling
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弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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