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TO PLEASE HIS WIFE CHAPTER I
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The interior of St. James’s Church, in Havenpool Town, was slowly darkening under the close clouds of a winter afternoon. It was Sunday: service had just ended, the face of the parson in the pulpit was buried in his hands, and the congregation, with a cheerful sigh of release, were rising from their knees to depart.
For the moment the stillness was so complete that the surging of the sea could be heard outside the harbour-bar. Then it was broken by the footsteps of the clerk going towards the west door to open it in the usual manner for the exit of the assembly. Before, however, he had reached the doorway1, the latch2 was lifted from without, and the dark figure of a man in a sailor’s garb3 appeared against the light.
The clerk stepped aside, the sailor closed the door gently behind him, and advanced up the nave4 till he stood at the chancel-step. The parson looked up from the private little prayer which, after so many for the parish, he quite fairly took for himself; rose to his feet, and stared at the intruder.
‘I beg your pardon, sir,’ said the sailor, addressing the minister in a voice distinctly audible to all the congregation. ‘I have come here to offer thanks for my narrow escape from shipwreck5. I am given to understand that it is a proper thing to do, if you have no objection?’
The parson, after a moment’s pause, said hesitatingly, ‘I have no objection; certainly. It is usual to mention any such wish before service, so that the proper words may be used in the General Thanksgiving. But, if you wish, we can read from the form for use after a storm at sea.’
‘Ay, sure; I ain’t particular,’ said the sailor.
The clerk thereupon directed the sailor to the page in the prayer-book where the collect of thanksgiving would be found, and the rector began reading it, the sailor kneeling where he stood, and repeating it after him word by word in a distinct voice. The people, who had remained agape and motionless at the
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1 doorway | |
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁 | |
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3 garb | |
n.服装,装束 | |
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4 nave | |
n.教堂的中部;本堂 | |
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5 shipwreck | |
n.船舶失事,海难 | |
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6 proceeding | |
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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7 isolated | |
adj.与世隔绝的 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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9 gale | |
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等) | |
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10 recollect | |
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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adv.亲切地,和蔼地;快活地 | |
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12 narrating | |
v.故事( narrate的现在分词 ) | |
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13 sloop | |
n.单桅帆船 | |
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14 ascending | |
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15 eastward | |
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16 gallant | |
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20 quay | |
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21 coveted | |
adj.令人垂涎的;垂涎的,梦寐以求的v.贪求,觊觎(covet的过去分词);垂涎;贪图 | |
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23 proprietor | |
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24 apparently | |
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25 ascertain | |
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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26 reluctance | |
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27 Christians | |
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 ) | |
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28 agitation | |
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31 lodgings | |
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adj.审慎的,小心翼翼的,完全的,纯粹的 | |
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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