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CHAPTER VIII ANGUISH
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Had Véronique been alone, she would have yielded to one of those moods of despondency which her nature, brave though it was, could not escape in the face of the unrelenting animosity of fate. But in the presence of Stéphane, who she felt to be the weaker and who was certainly exhausted1 by his captivity2, she had the strength to restrain herself and announce, as though mentioning quite an ordinary incident:
"The ladder has swung out of our reach."
Stéphane looked at her in dismay:
"Then . . . then we are lost!"
"Why should we be lost?" she asked, with a smile.
"There is no longer any hope of getting away."
"What do you mean? Of course there is. What about François?"
"François?"
"Certainly. In an hour at most, François will have made his escape; and, when he sees the ladder and the way I came, he will call to us. We shall hear him easily. We have only to be patient."
"To be patient!" he said, in terror. "To wait for an hour! But they are sure to be here in less than that. They keep a constant watch."
"Well, we will manage somehow."
"Do you see that wicket?" he said. "They open it each time. They will see us through the grating."
"They will come in."
"Then we won't close it and we'll keep up our confidence, Stéphane."
"I'm frightened for you, not for myself."
"You mustn't be frightened either for me or for yourself . . . . If the worst comes to the worst, we are able to defend ourselves," she added, showing him a revolver which she had taken from her father's rack of arms and carried on her ever since.
"Ah," he said, "what I fear is that we shall not even be called upon to defend ourselves! They have other means."
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captivity
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shutter
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circumference
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granite
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interval
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projection
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investigation
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investigations
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deserted
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narrative
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abhorrence
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anguish
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cataclysm
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sinister
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weird
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insanity
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extravagant
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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delirium
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distress
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spoke
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superstition
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charlatan
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presentiment
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divination
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subconscious
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inscription
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catastrophe
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下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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riddle
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entirely
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puny
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衰退,堕落,退化( degenerate的第三人称单数 ) | |
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