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CHAPTER XIII In which Thomas Newcome sings his Last Song
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The earliest comers were the first mate and the medical officer of the ship in which the two gentlemen had come to England. The mate was a Scotchman: the doctor was a Scotchman; of the gentlemen from the Oriental Club, three were Scotchmen.
The Southrons, with one exception, were the last to arrive, and for a while we stood looking out of the windows awaiting their coming. The first mate pulled out a penknife and arranged his nails. The doctor and Mr. Binnie talked of the progress of medicine. Binnie had walked the hospitals of Edinburgh before getting his civil appointment to India. The three gentlemen from Hanover Square and the Colonel had plenty to say about Tom Smith of the Cavalry2, and Harry3 Hall of the Engineers: how Topham was going to marry poor little Bob Wallis’s widow; how many lakhs Barber had brought home, and the like. The tall grey-headed Englishman, who had been in the East too, in the King’s service, joined for a while in this conversation, but presently left it, and came and talked with Clive; “I knew your father in India,” said the gentleman to the lad; “there is not a more gallant4 or respected officer in that service. I have a boy too, a stepson, who has just gone into the army; he is older than you, he was born at the end of the Waterloo year, and so was a great friend of his and mine, who was at your school, Sir Rawdon Crawley.”
“He was in Gown Boys, I know,” says the boy; “succeeded his uncle Pitt, fourth Baronet. I don’t know how his mother — her who wrote the hymns5, you know, and goes to Mr. Honeyman’s chapel6 — comes to be Rebecca, Lady Crawley. His father, Colonel Rawdon Crawley, died at Coventry Island, in August, 182-, and his uncle, Sir Pitt, not till September here. I remember, we used to talk about it at Grey Friars, when I was quite a little chap; and there were bets whether Crawley, I mean the young one, was a Baronet or not.”
“When I sailed to Rigy, Cornel,” the first mate was speaking — nor can any spelling nor combination of letters of which I am master, reproduce this gentleman’s accent when he was talking his best —“I racklackt they used always to sairve us a drem before denner. And as your frinds are kipping the denner, and as I’ve no watch to-night, I’ll jist do as we used to do at Rigy. James, my fine fellow, jist look alive and breng me a small glass of brandy, will ye? Did ye iver try a brandy
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scotch
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n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的 | |
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harry
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gallant
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adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
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chapel
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cocktail
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n.鸡尾酒;餐前开胃小吃;混合物 | |
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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previously
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utterance
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n.用言语表达,话语,言语 | |
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descended
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a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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shutters
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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bishops
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(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象 | |
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oration
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blandly
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adv.温和地,殷勤地 | |
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gaily
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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condescension
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n.自以为高人一等,贬低(别人) | |
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momentary
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poke
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n.刺,戳,袋;vt.拨开,刺,戳;vi.戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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grandees
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n.贵族,大公,显贵者( grandee的名词复数 ) | |
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swelling
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heartily
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leisurely
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的第三人称单数 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说; 石鲈 | |
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impudence
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positively
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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凶残地; 肆无忌惮地; 令人不能容忍地; 不寻常地 | |
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rambling
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gracefully
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ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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conceal
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ironical
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adj.讽刺的,冷嘲的 | |
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growled
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kinsman
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n.男亲属 | |
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purport
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apprehension
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n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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whack
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v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份 | |
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hospitable
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adj.好客的;宽容的;有利的,适宜的 | |
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lengthy
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adj.漫长的,冗长的 | |
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bosom
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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rogue
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n.流氓;v.游手好闲 | |
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hearty
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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beheld
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sarcastically
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adv.挖苦地,讽刺地 | |
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exalted
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adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的 | |
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festive
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benedictions
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n.祝福( benediction的名词复数 );(礼拜结束时的)赐福祈祷;恩赐;(大写)(罗马天主教)祈求上帝赐福的仪式 | |
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instructor
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distinguished
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electrify
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v.使充电;使电气化;使触电;使震惊;使兴奋 | |
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eloquence
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gasp
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winked
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haughty
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bass
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n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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frantically
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tenor
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maritime
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puffing
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