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LX HILARY'S GHOST
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Faintly the bearer of that name heard the call; heard it rise from a quarter fearfully nearer the foe's line than to his; caught it with his trained ear as, just beyond sight of Irby, Miranda, and others, he stood in amazed converse1 with Flora2 Valcour. Fortune, smiling on Flora yet, had brought first to her the terrified funeral group and so had enabled her to bear to Hilary the news of the strange estrayal, skilfully3 blended with that revelation of Anna's Vicksburg sojourn4 which she, Flora, had kept from him so cleverly and so long.
With mingled5 rapture6 and distress7, with a heart standing8 as still as his feet, as still as his lifted head and shining eyes, he listened and heard again. Swiftly, though not with the speed he would have chosen, he sprang toward the call; sped softly through the brush, softly and without voice, lest he draw the enemy's fire; softly and mutely, with futile9 backward wavings and frowning and imploring10 whispers to Flora as in a dishevelled glow that doubled her beauty she glided11 after him.
Strangely, amid a swarm12 of keen perceptions that plagued him like a cloud of arrows as he ran, that beauty smote13
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converse
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vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反 | |
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flora
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skilfully
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adv. (美skillfully)熟练地 | |
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sojourn
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v./n.旅居,寄居;逗留 | |
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混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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rapture
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n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;v.使狂喜 | |
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distress
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standing
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futile
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adj.无效的,无用的,无希望的 | |
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imploring
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恳求的,哀求的 | |
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glided
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v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔 | |
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swarm
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n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入 | |
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smote
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v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去式 ) | |
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unnatural
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hideous
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peril
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arraignment
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n.提问,传讯,责难 | |
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beseechingly
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frenzy
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n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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beleaguered
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peal
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onset
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behold
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alias
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filching
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v.偷(尤指小的或不贵重的物品)( filch的现在分词 ) | |
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jaws
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pointed
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mere
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foliage
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vista
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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smiting
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v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的现在分词 ) | |
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defiance
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chagrin
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withheld
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murmur
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pathos
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torrent
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rift
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vaguely
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dingy
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beholder
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n.观看者,旁观者 | |
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n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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brink
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holders
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支持物( holder的名词复数 ); 持有者; (支票等)持有人; 支托(或握持)…之物 | |
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bluff
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v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗 | |
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trench
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crest
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n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖 | |
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banter
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n.嘲弄,戏谑;v.取笑,逗弄,开玩笑 | |
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inquiries
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n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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blues
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n.抑郁,沮丧;布鲁斯音乐 | |
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stunned
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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meditative
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adj.沉思的,冥想的 | |
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bliss
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n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福 | |
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tremor
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n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震 | |
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bent
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kindly
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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soothed
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v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦 | |
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