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CHAPTER XXIII
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One thing Jerry learned early on the Ariel, namely, that nigger-chasing was not permitted. Eager to please and serve his new gods, he took advantage of the first opportunity to worry a canoe-load of blacks who came visiting on board. The quick chiding1 of Villa2 and the command of Harley made him pause in amazement3. Fully4 believing he had been mistaken, he resumed his ragging of the particular black he had picked upon. This time Harley’s voice was peremptory5, and Jerry came to him, his wagging tail and wriggling6 body all eagerness of apology, as was his rose-strip of tongue that kissed the hand of forgiveness with which Harley patted him.
Next, Villa called him to her. Holding him close to her with her hands on his jowls, eye to eye and nose to nose, she talked to him earnestly about the sin of nigger-chasing. She told him that he was no common bush-dog, but a blooded Irish gentleman, and that no dog that was a gentleman ever did such things as chase unoffending black men. To all of which he listened with unblinking serious eyes, understanding little of what she said, yet comprehending all. “Naughty” was a word in the Ariel language he had already learned, and she used it several times. “Naughty,” to him, meant “must not,” and was by way of expressing a taboo7.
Since it was their way and their will, who was he, he might well have asked himself, to disobey their rule or question it? If niggers were not to be chased, then chase them he would not, despite the fact that Skipper had encouraged him to chase them. Not in such set terms did Jerry consider the matter; but in his own way he accepted the conclusions.
Love of a god, with him, implied service. It pleased him to please with service. And the foundation-stone of service, in his case, was
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v.责骂,责备( chide的现在分词 ) | |
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amazement
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peremptory
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等);蠕蠕 | |
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ashore
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coconuts
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plunged
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butt
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faculties
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clamorous
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crouch
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flatten
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killer
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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smote
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v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去式 ) | |
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fangs
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n.(尤指狗和狼的)长而尖的牙( fang的名词复数 );(蛇的)毒牙;罐座 | |
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slashed
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throttling
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snarling
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hind
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adj.后面的,后部的 | |
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stiffened
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abdomen
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stunned
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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ferociously
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dressing
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queried
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pointed
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beheld
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plantation
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ancestry
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consolation
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