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PART 1 CHAPTER 14
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O FTEN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN I ABIDE1 IN THE FARM’S parlor2, adrift in the
slipperiness of time, I see the boys from Company D. They look just as alive as they did all
those years ago. Yes, I think it’s Sam who strides through the front hall to the back door. He
doesn’t notice me stretched out on the sofa just inside the parlor. He’s a gray blur3, really—and
has passed before I can rise and call out his name. I think my mind is playing tricks; but the
image carries me back to the last time I saw him alive.
We were near Chantilly, the last day of August 1862. I sniffed4 the air, sensing the undercurrent
of coolness, and took note of the brittle5 yellow light that heralds6 the end of summer. Across the
fields I witnessed a mob of solemn fellows, some cleaning their rifles, others chopping and
hauling wood. A few quietly wrote letters while another group pulled huge cannons7 into place
by the road for transport. Soldiers, wagons9, encampments, horses, military bustle10, and confusion
spread out on the rocky fields. Some boys sat with minds drawn11 elsewhere.
I lowered myself down on a log and pulled one foot up across my knee to study it. My mud-
crusted ankle emerged from nothing but a shoe top, tongue flapping for lack of laces. The sole
was gone. In its place were wadded rags and straw, bound on with strips of cloth to protect my
raw, oozing
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vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受 | |
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oozing
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hunched
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softened
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mattress
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bulging
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psalm
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aroma
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stew
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nostrils
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定量( ration的名词复数 ); 配给量; 正常量; 合理的量 | |
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v.把(感情、力量等)释放出来,发泄( unleash的现在分词 ) | |
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torrent
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n.激流,洪流;爆发,(话语等的)连发 | |
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twigs
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intoxicated
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喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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demons
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n.恶人( demon的名词复数 );恶魔;精力过人的人;邪念 | |
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distraction
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n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐 | |
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flickered
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pigsty
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n.猪圈,脏房间 | |
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proliferated
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manure
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stink
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meandered
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(指溪流、河流等)蜿蜒而流( meander的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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hacked
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sketching
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depicted
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poked
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porcupine
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contagious
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下垂[沉,陷],松垂,垂度 | |
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