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CHAPTER XI The Cave of the Rooirand
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I was roused by a sudden movement. The whole assembly stood up, and each man clapped his right hand to his brow and then raised it high. A low murmur1 of ‘Inkulu’ rose above the din2 of the water. Laputa strode down the hall, with Henriques limping behind him. They certainly did not suspect my presence in the cave, nor did Laputa show any ruffling3 of his calm. Only Henriques looked weary and cross. I guessed he had had to ride my pony4.
The old man whom I took to be the priest advanced towards Laputa with his hands raised over his head. A pace before they met he halted, and Laputa went on his knees before him. He placed his hands on his head, and spoke5 some words which I could not understand. It reminded me, so queer are the tricks of memory, of an old Sabbath-school book I used to have which had a picture of Samuel ordaining6 Saul as king of Israel. I think I had forgotten my own peril7 and was enthralled8 by the majesty9 of the place — the wavering torches, the dropping wall of green water, above all, the figures of Laputa and the Keeper of the Snake, who seemed to have stepped out of an antique world.
Laputa stripped off his leopard10 skin till he stood stark11, a noble form of a man. Then the priest sprinkled some herbs on the fire, and a thin smoke rose to the roof. The smell was that I had smelled on the Kirkcaple shore, sweet, sharp, and strange enough to chill the
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murmur
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n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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弄皱( ruffle的现在分词 ); 弄乱; 激怒; 扰乱 | |
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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lurking
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sobbing
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ordained
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Christian
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psalms
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bondage
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贪求(lust的第三人称单数形式) | |
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