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Chapter the Second The Castle on the Crag
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Section 1
The quarantine place to which the Earthlings were taken must have been at a very considerable distance from the place of the Conference, because they were nearly six hours upon their journey, and all the time they were flying high and very swiftly. They were all together in one flying ship; it was roomy and comfortable and could have held perhaps four times as many passengers. They were accompanied by about thirty Utopians in gas-masks, among whom were two women. The aviators1 wore dresses of a white fleecy substance that aroused the interest and envy of both Miss Grey and Lady Stella. The flying ship passed down the valley and over the great plain and across a narrow sea and another land with a rocky coast and dense2 forests, and across a great space of empty sea. There was scarcely any shipping3 to be seen upon this sea at all; it seemed to Mr. Barnstaple that no earthly ocean would be so untravelled; only once or twice did he see very big drifting vessels4 quite unlike any earthly ships, huge rafts or platforms they seemed to be rather than ships, and once or twice he saw what was evidently a cargo6 boat — one with rigged masts and sails. And the air was hardly more frequented. After he was out of sight of land he saw only three aeroplanes until the final landfall.
They crossed a rather thickly inhabited, very delightful-looking coastal7 belt and came over what was evidently a rainless desert country, given over to mining and to vast engineering operations. Far away were very high snowy mountains, but the aeroplane descended8 before it came to these. For a time the Earthlings were flying over enormous heaps of slaggy9 accumulations, great mountains of them, that seemed to be derived
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aviators
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shipping
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vessels
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excavation
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machinery
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debris
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gorges
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gorge
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canyon
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canyons
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torrents
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cleft
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gulf
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projections
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remains
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improvised
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immunity
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unity
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explicit
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concise
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disastrous
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epidemic
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devastating
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affected
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cleansing
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abruptly
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rim
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prospect
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vaccination
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outrage
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serums
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ferments
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n.酵素( ferment的名词复数 );激动;骚动;动荡v.(使)发酵( ferment的第三人称单数 );(使)激动;骚动;骚扰 | |
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dignified
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crest
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grimace
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minion
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mischief
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fortress
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discretion
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distressing
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amuck
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physiological
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personalities
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enervating
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debilitating
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draught
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resolute
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unpacking
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