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CHAPTER XXVIII
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Jacob Welse was given due respect when he arose at the convening1 of the miners' meeting and denounced the proceedings2. While such meetings had performed a legitimate3 function in the past, he contended, when there was no law in the land, that time was now beyond recall; for law was now established, and it was just law. The Queen's government had shown itself fit to cope with the situation, and for them to usurp4 its powers was to step backward into the night out of which they had come. Further, no lighter5 word than "criminal" could characterize such conduct. And yet further, he promised them, in set, sober terms, if anything serious were the outcome, to take an active part in the prosecution7 of every one of them. At the conclusion of his speech he made a motion to hold the prisoner for the territorial8 court and to adjourn9, but was voted down without discussion.
"Don't you see," St. Vincent said to Frona, "there is no hope?"
"But there is. Listen!" And she swiftly outlined the plot of the night before.
He followed her in a half-hearted way, too crushed to partake of her enthusiasm. "It's madness to attempt it," he objected, when she had done.
"And it looks very much like hanging not to attempt it," she answered a little spiritedly. "Surely you will make a fight?"
"Surely," he replied, hollowly.
The first witnesses were two Swedes, who told of the wash-tub incident, when Borg had given way to one of his fits of anger. Trivial as the incident was, in the light of subsequent events it at once became serious. It opened the way for the imagination into a vast familiar field. It was not so much what was said as what was left unsaid. Men born of women, the rudest of them, knew life well enough to be aware of its significance,—a vulgar common happening, capable of but one
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召开( convene的现在分词 ); 召集; (为正式会议而)聚集; 集合 | |
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testimony
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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tangled
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n.鲑,大马哈鱼,橙红色的 | |
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salmons
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n.鲑鱼,大马哈鱼( salmon的名词复数 ) | |
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reindeer
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v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的现在分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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criticise
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buck
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monastery
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