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Fr. Christopher Maire, far from pallid1, wearing no black beyond his Queue-Tie, neither wiry nor unnaturally2 fit, in Manner as free of the suave3 as of the pinguid, seems scarcely any Englishman's idea of a Jesuit. Yet he will confess, that earlier in life, during his Adventures in Italy with Fr. Boscovich in fact, he took time better us'd in spiritual Work to cultivate a more Loyolan Image,— proving quite unsuccessful at it, however,— remaining fair and spindle-shap'd as when he stepp'd off the boat, failing to rid his speech of Geordie coloration, nor ever achieving that opaque7 Effect of a Stiletto-Waver stuff'd into a Churchly Frock, which distinguishes El Auténtico.
Maire awaits Dixon in Emerson's front parlor8,— outside, the traffic in and out of Hurworth creaks, and whistles, and clops. Those bound from Teeside across the Fells take a last opportunity to hark human Speech, before the long miles and unspoken-of but too well known Visits toward the end of the Day, when the cool'd light above the spoil-heaps favors them. And if any hint of the sinister9 were to accompany this Priest, 'twould be well in that Northern, bones-and-blood tradition, of beings like Hob Headless, said to haunt the road between Hurworth and Neasham, all of whose former Neighbors were agreed upon what a whole?some individual he once seem'd.
Emerson, bustling10 into the room bearing the remains11 of the Bloat Her?ring from Breakfast, directly adjoining upon the Plate an Ox-Tail from several Meals ago, and something that may once have been a Haggis, cries, "Now clap yersel's down," in an unnaturally vivacious12 tone.
Tis no great leap for most to imagine William Emerson a Wizard. Interest in the Dark Arts is ever miasmatick in Durham, as if rising from the coal-beds,— old as Draconick Incursion, the
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bishop
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n.吊带,背带;托架( brace的名词复数 );箍子;括弧;(儿童)牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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multiplication
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n.增加,增多,倍增;增殖,繁殖;乘法 | |
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erratic
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adj.古怪的,反复无常的,不稳定的 | |
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lapses
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deferential
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