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By the next afternoon Rhoda would have done anything to escape thisinquiry. But she had promised to go. Moreover, there was a horridfascination at times in becoming instrumental in throwing suchpossible light on her own character as would reveal her to besomething greater in the occult world than she had ever herselfsuspected.
She started just before the time of day mentioned between them, andhalf-an-hour's brisk walking brought her to the south-easternextension of the Egdon tract1 of country, where the fir plantationwas. A slight figure, cloaked and veiled, was already there. Rhodarecognized, almost with a shudder2, that Mrs. Lodge3 bore her left armin a sling4.
They hardly spoke5 to each other, and immediately set out on theirclimb into the interior of this solemn country, which stood highabove the rich alluvial6 soil they had left half-an-hour before. Itwas a long walk; thick clouds made the atmosphere dark, though itwas as yet only early afternoon; and the wind howled dismally7 overthe hills of the heath--not improbably the same heath which hadwitnessed the agony of the Wessex King Ina, presented to after-agesas Lear. Gertrude Lodge talked most, Rhoda replying withmonosyllabic preoccupation. She had a strange dislike to walking onthe side of her companion where hung the afflicted8 arm, moving roundto the other when inadvertently near it. Much heather had beenbrushed by their feet when they descended9 upon a cart-track, besidewhich stood the house of the man they sought.
He did not profess10 his remedial practices openly, or care anythingabout their continuance, his direct interests being those of adealer in furze, turf, 'sharp sand,' and other local products.
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n.传单,小册子,大片(土地或森林) | |
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v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆 | |
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4 sling | |
vt.扔;悬挂;n.挂带;吊索,吊兜;弹弓 | |
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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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adj.冲积的;淤积的 | |
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adv.阴暗地,沉闷地 | |
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使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.魔术师,变戏法者 | |
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