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IX. ANNE IS KINDLY FETCHED BY THE TRUMPET-MAJOR
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After this, Anne would on no account walk in the direction of the hall for fear of another encounter with young Derriman. In the course of a few days it was told in the village that the old farmer had actually gone for a week’s holiday and change of air to the Royal watering-place near at hand, at the instance of his nephew Festus. This was a wonderful thing to hear of Uncle Benjy, who had not slept outside the walls of Oxwell Hall for many a long year before; and Anne well imagined what extraordinary pressure must have been put upon him to induce him to take such a step. She pictured his unhappiness at the bustling1 watering-place, and hoped no harm would come to him.
She spent much of her time indoors or in the garden, hearing little of the camp movements beyond the periodical Ta-ta-ta-taa of the trumpeters sounding their various ingenious calls for watch-setting, stables, feed, boot-and-saddle, parade, and so on, which made her think how clever her friend the trumpet2-major must be to teach his pupils to play those pretty little tunes3 so well.
On the third morning after Uncle Benjy’s departure, she was disturbed as usual while dressing4 by the tramp of the troops down the slope to the mill-pond, and during the now familiar stamping and splashing which followed there sounded upon the glass of the window a slight smack5, which might have been caused by a whip or switch. She listened more particularly, and it was repeated.
As John Loveday was the only dragoon likely to be aware that she slept in that particular apartment, she imagined the signal to come from him, though wondering that he should venture upon such a freak of familiarity.
Wrapping herself up in a red cloak, she went to the window, gently drew up a corner of the curtain, and peeped out, as she had done many times before. Nobody who was not quite close beneath her window could see her face; but as it happened, somebody was close. The soldiers whose floundering Anne had heard were not Loveday’s dragoons, but a troop of the York Hussars, quite oblivious
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1 bustling | |
adj.喧闹的 | |
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2 trumpet | |
n.喇叭,喇叭声;v.吹喇叭,吹嘘 | |
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3 tunes | |
n.曲调,曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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4 dressing | |
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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5 smack | |
vt.拍,打,掴;咂嘴;vi.含有…意味;n.拍 | |
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6 curt | |
adj.简短的,草率的 | |
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7 oblivious | |
adj.易忘的,遗忘的,忘却的,健忘的 | |
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8 belly | |
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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9 prancing | |
v.(马)腾跃( prance的现在分词 ) | |
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10 privately | |
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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11 slung | |
抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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12 astounded | |
v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕然;愕;惊讶 | |
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13 vexed | |
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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14 laboriously | |
adv.艰苦地;费力地;辛勤地;(文体等)佶屈聱牙地 | |
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15 wade | |
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉 | |
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16 miller | |
n.磨坊主 | |
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17 hesitation | |
n.犹豫,踌躇 | |
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18 warily | |
adv.留心地 | |
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19 dreading | |
v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的现在分词 ) | |
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20 thither | |
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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21 lamely | |
一瘸一拐地,不完全地 | |
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22 indirectly | |
adv.间接地,不直接了当地 | |
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23 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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24 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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25 nervously | |
adv.神情激动地,不安地 | |
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26 ingenuousness | |
n.率直;正直;老实 | |
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27 precisely | |
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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28 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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29 accomplishment | |
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30 gushing | |
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31 delightful | |
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32 trumpets | |
喇叭( trumpet的名词复数 ); 小号; 喇叭形物; (尤指)绽开的水仙花 | |
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33 bass | |
n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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34 slate | |
n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订 | |
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35 mite | |
n.极小的东西;小铜币 | |
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36 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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37 foliage | |
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38 footpath | |
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39 exclamation | |
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40 apparently | |
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41 brook | |
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42 trickling | |
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43 boisterous | |
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44 resounding | |
adj. 响亮的 | |
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45 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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46 cavalry | |
n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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47 thumping | |
adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持 | |
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48 guttered | |
vt.形成沟或槽于…(gutter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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49 coffin | |
n.棺材,灵柩 | |
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50 shrouds | |
n.裹尸布( shroud的名词复数 );寿衣;遮蔽物;覆盖物v.隐瞒( shroud的第三人称单数 );保密 | |
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51 maudlin | |
adj.感情脆弱的,爱哭的 | |
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52 serene | |
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53 triumphant | |
adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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54 fiddle | |
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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55 discordant | |
adj.不调和的 | |
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56 screeches | |
n.尖锐的声音( screech的名词复数 )v.发出尖叫声( screech的第三人称单数 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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57 contrived | |
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58 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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59 bide | |
v.忍耐;等候;住 | |
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60 gasped | |
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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61 guttering | |
n.用于建排水系统的材料;沟状切除术;开沟 | |
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62 jingling | |
叮当声 | |
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63 wrenched | |
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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64 joint | |
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合 | |
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65 tilt | |
v.(使)倾侧;(使)倾斜;n.倾侧;倾斜 | |
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66 vowed | |
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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67 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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68 warriors | |
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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69 drooped | |
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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70 gad | |
n.闲逛;v.闲逛 | |
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71 implored | |
恳求或乞求(某人)( implore的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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72 retired | |
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73 receded | |
v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
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74 scampered | |
v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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75 distressed | |
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76 adroitly | |
adv.熟练地,敏捷地 | |
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77 discomfited | |
v.使为难( discomfit的过去式和过去分词);使狼狈;使挫折;挫败 | |
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78 wig | |
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79 rigid | |
adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的 | |
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80 heartily | |
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