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CHAPTER X. THE GREAT MARKET DAY.
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Dick Sand's action had been so rapid that no one could stop him. A few natives threw themselves upon him, and he would have been murdered had not Negoro appeared.
At a sign from the Portuguese1, the natives drew back, raised Harris's corpse2 and carried it away. Alvez and Coimbra demanded Dick Sand's immediate3 death, but Negoro said to them in a low voice that they would lose nothing by waiting. The order was given to take away the young novice4, with a caution not to lose sight of him for a moment.
Dick Sand had seen Negoro for the first time since their departure from the coast. He knew that this wretch5 was alone responsible for the loss of the "Pilgrim." He ought to hate him still more than his accomplices6. And yet, after having struck the American, he scorned to address a word to Negoro. Harris had said that Mrs. Weldon and her child had succumbed7. Nothing interested him now, not even what they would do with him. They would send him away. Where? It did not matter.
Dick Sand, heavily chained, was left on the floor of a pen without a window, a kind of dungeon8 where the trader, Alvez, shut up the slaves condemned9 to death for rebellion or unlawful acts. There he could no longer have any communication with the exterior10; he no longer dreamed of regretting it. He had avenged11 those whom he loved, who no longer lived. Whatever fate awaited him, he was ready for it.
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Portuguese
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brokers
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caravans
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animated
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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tapestry
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copper
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brass
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bracelets
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profusion
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shrines
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圣地,圣坛,神圣场所( shrine的名词复数 ) | |
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incisions
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stereotyped
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apron
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antelope
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hips
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embroidered
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ornamented
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beads
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strap
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unpacked
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alimentary
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poultry
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pottery
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gracefully
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