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CHAPTER XV. AN EXCITING CHASE.
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To say the truth, it was the very vaguest of hopes to which Mrs. Weldon had been clinging, yet it was not without some thrill of disappointment that she heard from the lips of old Alvez himself that Dr. Livingstone had died at a little village on Lake Bangweolo. There had appeared to be a sort of a link binding1 her to the civilized2 world, but it was now abruptly3 snapped, and nothing remained for her but to make what terms she could with the base and heartless Negoro.
On the 14th, the day appointed for the interview, he made his appearance at the hut, firmly resolved to make no abatement4 in the terms that he had proposed, Mrs. Weldon, on her part, being equally determined5 not to yield to the demand.
"There is only one condition," she avowed6, "upon which I will acquiesce7. My husband shall not be required to come up the country here."
Negoro hesitated; at length he said that he would agree to her husband being taken by ship to Mossamedes, a small port in the south of Angola, much frequented by slavers, whither also, at a date hereafter to be fixed8, Alvez should send herself with Jack9 and Benedict; the stipulation10 was confirmed that the ransom11 should be 100,000 dollars, and it was further made part of the contract that Negoro should be allowed to depart as an honest man.
Mrs. Weldon felt she had gained an important point in thus sparing her husband the necessity of a journey to Kazonndé, and had no
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binding
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有约束力的,有效的,应遵守的 | |
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abatement
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ransom
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alleging
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embark
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Portuguese
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imprison
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imprisonment
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spun
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procured
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calf
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poultry
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hemp
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recurrence
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grimace
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commiseration
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brooks
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contented
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murmur
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abode
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abounded
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swarms
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蜂群,一大群( swarm的名词复数 ) | |
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worthy
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naturalist
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seclusion
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siesta
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thoroughly
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proximity
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specimen
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ascertain
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flinch
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speck
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tickling
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反馈,回授,自旋挠痒法 | |
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eyebrows
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astonishment
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