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Chapter XLVIII
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All the evening Melbury had been coming to his door, saying, “I wonder where in the world that girl is! Never in all my born days did I know her bide1 out like this! She surely said she was going into the garden to get some parsley.”
Melbury searched the garden, the parsley-bed, and the orchard2, but could find no trace of her, and then he made inquiries3 at the cottages of such of his workmen as had not gone to bed, avoiding Tangs’s because he knew the young people were to rise early to leave. In these inquiries one of the men’s wives somewhat incautiously let out the fact that she had heard a scream in the wood, though from which direction she could not say.
This set Melbury’s fears on end. He told the men to light lanterns, and headed by himself they started, Creedle following at the last moment with quite a burden of grapnels and ropes, which he could not be persuaded to leave behind, and the company being joined by the hollow-turner and the man who kept the cider-house as they went along.
They explored the precincts of the village, and in a short time lighted upon the man-trap. Its discovery simply added an item of fact without helping4 their conjectures5; but Melbury’s indefinite alarm was greatly increased when, holding a candle to the ground, he saw in the teeth of the instrument some frayings from Grace’s clothing. No intelligence of any kind was gained till they met a woodman of Delborough, who said that he had seen a lady answering to the description her father gave of Grace, walking through the wood on a gentleman’s arm in the direction of Sherton.
“Was he clutching her tight?” said Melbury.
“Well — rather,” said the man.
“Did she walk lame6?”
“Well, ’tis true her head hung over towards him a bit.”
Creedle groaned7
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1 bide | |
v.忍耐;等候;住 | |
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2 orchard | |
n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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3 inquiries | |
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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4 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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5 conjectures | |
推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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6 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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7 groaned | |
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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8 tragically | |
adv. 悲剧地,悲惨地 | |
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9 sinister | |
adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的 | |
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10 followers | |
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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11 trudged | |
vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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12 onward | |
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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13 illuminate | |
vt.照亮,照明;用灯光装饰;说明,阐释 | |
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14 scent | |
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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15 mesmerized | |
v.使入迷( mesmerize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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16 plodded | |
v.沉重缓慢地走(路)( plod的过去式和过去分词 );努力从事;沉闷地苦干;缓慢进行(尤指艰难枯燥的工作) | |
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17 despoiled | |
v.掠夺,抢劫( despoil的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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18 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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19 owls | |
n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 ) | |
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20 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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21 queries | |
n.问题( query的名词复数 );疑问;询问;问号v.质疑,对…表示疑问( query的第三人称单数 );询问 | |
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22 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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23 lessened | |
减少的,减弱的 | |
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24 descending | |
n. 下行 adj. 下降的 | |
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25 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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26 partnership | |
n.合作关系,伙伴关系 | |
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27 promising | |
adj.有希望的,有前途的 | |
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28 conversed | |
v.交谈,谈话( converse的过去式 ) | |
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29 investigation | |
n.调查,调查研究 | |
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30 aprons | |
围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份) | |
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31 marketing | |
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西 | |
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32 attire | |
v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装 | |
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33 impending | |
a.imminent, about to come or happen | |
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34 concurred | |
同意(concur的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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35 alluded | |
提及,暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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36 bode | |
v.预示 | |
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37 poker | |
n.扑克;vt.烙制 | |
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38 tongs | |
n.钳;夹子 | |
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39 bellows | |
n.风箱;发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的名词复数 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的第三人称单数 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫 | |
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40 vengeance | |
n.报复,报仇,复仇 | |
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41 spotted | |
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42 skilfulness | |
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43 blandly | |
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44 wart | |
n.疣,肉赘;瑕疵 | |
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45 ram | |
(random access memory)随机存取存储器 | |
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46 privately | |
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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47 wont | |
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48 secluded | |
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49 solitary | |
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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50 toil | |
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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51 effaced | |
v.擦掉( efface的过去式和过去分词 );抹去;超越;使黯然失色 | |
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52 misty | |
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53 sublimity | |
崇高,庄严,气质高尚 | |
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54 indifference | |
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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55 withered | |
adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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56 larches | |
n.落叶松(木材)( larch的名词复数 ) | |
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57 gad | |
n.闲逛;v.闲逛 | |
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