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Chapter Seven I Hear of the Wild Birds
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I saw an old green felt hat, and below it lean tweed-clad shoulders. Then I saw a knapsack with a stick slung1 through it, as the owner wriggled2 his way on to a shelf. Presently he turned his face upward to judge the remaining distance. It was the face of a young man, a face sallow and angular, but now a little flushed with the day’s sun and the work of climbing. It was a face that I had first seen at Fosse Manor3.
I felt suddenly sick and heartsore. I don’t know why, but I had never really associated the intellectuals of Biggleswick with a business like this. None of them but Ivery, and he was different. They had been silly and priggish, but no more — I would have taken my oath on it. Yet here was one of them engaged in black treason against his native land. Something began to beat in my temples when I remembered that Mary and this man had been friends, that he had held her hand, and called her by her Christian4 name. My first impulse was to wait till he got up and then pitch him down among the boulders6 and let his German accomplices8 puzzle over his broken neck.
With difficulty I kept down that tide of fury. I had my duty to do, and to keep on terms with this man was part of it. I had to convince him that I was an accomplice7, and that might not be easy. I leaned over the edge, and, as he got to his feet on the ledge9 above the boiler-plates, I whistled so that he turned his face to me.
‘Hullo, Wake,‘I said.
He started, stared for a second, and recognized me. He did not seem over-pleased to see me.
‘Brand!’ he cried. ‘How did you get here?’
He swung himself up beside me, straightened his back and unbuckled his knapsack. ‘I thought this was my own private
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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conspirator
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wrack
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hoot
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(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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sane
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fumbling
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exultation
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clatter
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naval
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moor
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