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THE DUKE’S REAPPEARANCE—A FAMILY TRADITION
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According to the kinsman1 who told me the story, Christopher Swetman’s house, on the outskirts2 of King’s-Hintock village, was in those days larger and better kept than when, many years later, it was sold to the lord of the manor3 adjoining; after having been in the Swetman family, as one may say, since the Conquest.
Some people would have it to be that the thing happened at the house opposite, belonging to one Childs, with whose family the Swetmans afterwards intermarried. But that it was at the original homestead of the Swetmans can be shown in various ways; chiefly by the unbroken traditions of the family, and indirectly4 by the evidence of the walls themselves, which are the only ones thereabout with windows mullioned in the Elizabethan manner, and plainly of a date anterior5 to the event; while those of the other house might well have been erected6 fifty or eighty years later, and probably were; since the choice of Swetman’s house by the fugitive7 was doubtless dictated8 by no other circumstance than its then suitable loneliness.
It was a cloudy July morning just before dawn, the hour of two having been struck by Swetman’s one-handed clock on the stairs, that is still preserved in the family. Christopher heard the strokes from his chamber9, immediately at the top of the staircase, and overlooking the front of the house. He did not wonder that he was sleepless11. The rumours
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1 kinsman | |
n.男亲属 | |
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2 outskirts | |
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4 indirectly | |
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5 anterior | |
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6 ERECTED | |
adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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7 fugitive | |
adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者 | |
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8 dictated | |
v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布 | |
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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11 sleepless | |
adj.不睡眠的,睡不著的,不休息的 | |
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12 rumour | |
n.谣言,谣传,传闻 | |
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13 rumours | |
n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 );风闻;谣言;谣传 | |
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14 contented | |
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15 intoxicated | |
喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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16 scythes | |
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17 invader | |
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18 inmates | |
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19 casement | |
n.竖铰链窗;窗扉 | |
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20 mid | |
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21 descended | |
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22 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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23 cavalry | |
n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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24 fatigue | |
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25 heed | |
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26 distress | |
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27 importunity | |
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28 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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29 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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30 enjoined | |
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31 secrecy | |
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32 countenances | |
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33 professed | |
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34 retired | |
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35 bustling | |
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36 meekness | |
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37 docility | |
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38 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 | |
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39 comely | |
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40 moors | |
v.停泊,系泊(船只)( moor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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41 entirely | |
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42 inquiry | |
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43 withdrawn | |
vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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44 fugitives | |
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45 mead | |
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46 orchard | |
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47 meditating | |
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48 moodily | |
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49 standing | |
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51 jeopardy | |
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52 maidens | |
处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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53 watchful | |
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54 treacherous | |
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55 clouts | |
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56 bide | |
v.忍耐;等候;住 | |
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57 importuned | |
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58 belongings | |
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59 inscribed | |
v.写,刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 );内接 | |
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60 plume | |
n.羽毛;v.整理羽毛,骚首弄姿,用羽毛装饰 | |
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61 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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62 awed | |
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63 surmise | |
v./n.猜想,推测 | |
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64 decided | |
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65 disappearance | |
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66 smote | |
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67 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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68 breach | |
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破 | |
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69 beheld | |
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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70 tragical | |
adj. 悲剧的, 悲剧性的 | |
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71 pensiveness | |
n.pensive(沉思的)的变形 | |
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72 avow | |
v.承认,公开宣称 | |
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73 condole | |
v.同情;慰问 | |
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74 mingled | |
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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75 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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76 conceal | |
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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77 briefly | |
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