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CHAPTER III—THE ROAD
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My story being finished, and the Wassail too, we broke up as the Cathedral bell struck Twelve. I did not take leave of my travellers that night; for it had come into my head to reappear, in conjunction with some hot coffee, at seven in the morning.
As I passed along the High Street, I heard the Waits at a distance, and struck off to find them. They were playing near one of the old gates of the City, at the corner of a wonderfully quaint1 row of red-brick tenements2, which the clarionet obligingly informed me were inhabited by the Minor-Canons. They had odd little porches over the doors, like sounding-boards over old pulpits; and I thought I should like to see one of the Minor-Canons come out upon his top stop, and favour us with a little Christmas discourse3 about the poor scholars of Rochester; taking for his text the words of his Master relative to the devouring4 of Widows’ houses.
The clarionet was so communicative, and my inclinations5 were (as they generally are) of so vagabond a tendency, that I accompanied the Waits across an open green called the Vines, and assisted—in the French sense—at the performance of two waltzes, two polkas, and three Irish melodies, before I thought of my inn any more. However, I returned to it then, and found a fiddle6 in the kitchen, and Ben, the wall-eyed young man, and two chambermaids, circling round the great deal table with the utmost animation7.
I had a very bad night. It cannot have been owing to the turkey or the beef,—and the Wassail is out of the question—but in every endeavour that I made to get to sleep I failed most dismally8. I was never asleep; and in whatsoever
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1 quaint | |
adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的 | |
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2 tenements | |
n.房屋,住户,租房子( tenement的名词复数 ) | |
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3 discourse | |
n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述 | |
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4 devouring | |
吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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5 inclinations | |
倾向( inclination的名词复数 ); 倾斜; 爱好; 斜坡 | |
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6 fiddle | |
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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7 animation | |
n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作 | |
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8 dismally | |
adv.阴暗地,沉闷地 | |
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9 whatsoever | |
adv.(用于否定句中以加强语气)任何;pron.无论什么 | |
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10 unreasonable | |
adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的 | |
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11 rambled | |
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论 | |
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(电力计量单位)瓦,瓦特( watt的名词复数 ) | |
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14 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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15 footpath | |
n.小路,人行道 | |
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16 diverge | |
v.分叉,分歧,离题,使...岔开,使转向 | |
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17 bracing | |
adj.令人振奋的 | |
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18 Founder | |
n.创始者,缔造者 | |
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19 unison | |
n.步调一致,行动一致 | |
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20 majestic | |
adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的 | |
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adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的 | |
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24 rogues | |
n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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