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Chapter 11 In the Dark
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There was no sleep for Bradley Headstone on that night when Eugene Wrayburn turned so easily in his bed; there was no sleep for little Miss Peecher. Bradley consumed the lonely hours, and consumed himself in haunting the spot where his careless rival lay a dreaming; little Miss Peecher wore them away in listening for the return home of the master of her heart, and in sorrowfully presaging1 that much was amiss with him. Yet more was amiss with him than Miss Peecher’s simply arranged little work-box of thoughts, fitted with no gloomy and dark recesses2, could hold. For, the state of the man was murderous.
The state of the man was murderous, and he knew it. More; he irritated it, with a kind of perverse3 pleasure akin4 to that which a sick man sometimes has in irritating a wound upon his body. Tied up all day with his disciplined show upon him, subdued5 to the performance of his routine of educational tricks, encircled by a gabbling crowd, he broke loose at night like an ill-tamed wild animal. Under his daily restraint, it was his compensation, not his trouble, to give a glance towards his state at night, and to the freedom of its being indulged. If great criminals told the truth — which, being great criminals, they do not — they would very rarely tell of their struggles against the crime. Their struggles are towards it. They buffet7 with opposing waves, to gain the bloody8 shore, not to recede9 from it. This man perfectly10 comprehended that he hated his rival with his strongest and worst forces, and that if he tracked him to Lizzie Hexam, his so doing would never serve himself with her, or serve her. All his pains were taken, to the end that he might
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1 presaging | |
v.预示,预兆( presage的现在分词 ) | |
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n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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3 perverse | |
adj.刚愎的;坚持错误的,行为反常的 | |
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4 akin | |
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adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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6 subdue | |
vt.制服,使顺从,征服;抑制,克制 | |
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7 buffet | |
n.自助餐;饮食柜台;餐台 | |
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8 bloody | |
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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9 recede | |
vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进 | |
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10 perfectly | |
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11 incense | |
v.激怒;n.香,焚香时的烟,香气 | |
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12 detested | |
v.憎恶,嫌恶,痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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13 concealment | |
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14 wrath | |
n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒 | |
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15 hatred | |
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16 provocation | |
n.激怒,刺激,挑拨,挑衅的事物,激怒的原因 | |
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17 vocation | |
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18 insolent | |
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19 perseverance | |
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20 exasperated | |
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21 possessed | |
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22 jealousy | |
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23 fixed | |
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24 contriving | |
(不顾困难地)促成某事( contrive的现在分词 ); 巧妙地策划,精巧地制造(如机器); 设法做到 | |
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25 sullenly | |
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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26 sullen | |
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27 persistent | |
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28 sluggish | |
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29 doorway | |
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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30 concealed | |
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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31 chambers | |
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅 | |
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32 hoisted | |
把…吊起,升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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33 descended | |
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34 standing | |
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35 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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36 parley | |
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37 assented | |
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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38 forefinger | |
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39 hoarsely | |
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40 hoarse | |
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41 confidential | |
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42 innocence | |
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43 deference | |
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44 lumbering | |
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45 busted | |
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46 obstinately | |
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47 growled | |
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48 winding | |
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49 monotonous | |
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50 recital | |
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51 meditating | |
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52 rogue | |
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53 purport | |
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54 strand | |
vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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55 pall | |
v.覆盖,使平淡无味;n.柩衣,棺罩;棺材;帷幕 | |
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56 tributary | |
n.支流;纳贡国;adj.附庸的;辅助的;支流的 | |
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57 vista | |
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58 weir | |
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59 stolid | |
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60 goodwill | |
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61 rankles | |
v.(使)痛苦不已,(使)怨恨不已( rankle的第三人称单数 ) | |
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62 rusts | |
n.铁锈( rust的名词复数 );(植物的)锈病,锈菌v.(使)生锈( rust的第三人称单数 ) | |
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63 provocations | |
n.挑衅( provocation的名词复数 );激怒;刺激;愤怒的原因 | |
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64 affronts | |
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65 intentionally | |
ad.故意地,有意地 | |
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66 passionate | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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67 craftily | |
狡猾地,狡诈地 | |
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68 ashore | |
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69 inquisitive | |
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70 withheld | |
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71 doggedly | |
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72 uncommon | |
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73 pretence | |
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74 intriguing | |
adj.有趣的;迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词);激起…的好奇心 | |
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75 attained | |
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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76 resentment | |
n.怨愤,忿恨 | |
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77 enlisting | |
v.(使)入伍, (使)参军( enlist的现在分词 );获得(帮助或支持) | |
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78 derive | |
v.取得;导出;引申;来自;源自;出自 | |
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79 discourse | |
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80 assenting | |
同意,赞成( assent的现在分词 ) | |
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81 fowls | |
鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马 | |
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82 solacing | |
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83 hovering | |
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84 sloppy | |
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85 waggon | |
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86 retrace | |
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87 scholastic | |
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88 yelping | |
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89 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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90 contagion | |
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91 usurped | |
篡夺,霸占( usurp的过去式和过去分词 ); 盗用; 篡夺,篡权 | |
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92 scripture | |
n.经文,圣书,手稿;Scripture:(常用复数)《圣经》,《圣经》中的一段 | |
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