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FIFTH NARRATIVE. CHAPTER I
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But few words are needed, on my part, to complete the narrative1 that has been presented in the Journal of Ezra Jennings.
Of myself, I have only to say that I awoke on the morning of the twenty-sixth, perfectly2 ignorant of all that I had said and done under the influence of the opium3—from the time when the drug first laid its hold on me, to the time when I opened my eyes, in Rachel’s sitting-room4.
Of what happened after my waking, I do not feel called upon to render an account in detail. Confining myself merely to results, I have to report that Rachel and I thoroughly5 understood each other, before a single word of explanation had passed on either side. I decline to account, and Rachel declines to account, for the extraordinary rapidity of our reconciliation6. Sir and Madam, look back at the time when you were passionately7 attached to each other—and you will know what happened, after Ezra Jennings had shut the door of the sitting-room, as well as I know it myself.
I have, however, no objection to add, that we should have been certainly discovered by Mrs. Merridew, but for Rachel’s presence of mind. She heard the sound of the old lady’s dress in the corridor, and instantly ran out to meet her; I heard Mrs. Merridew say, “What is the matter?” and I heard Rachel answer, “The explosion!” Mrs. Merridew instantly permitted herself to be taken by the arm, and led into the garden, out of the way of the impending8 shock. On her return to the house, she met me in the hall, and expressed herself as greatly struck by the vast improvement in Science, since the time when she was a girl at school. “Explosions, Mr. Blake, are infinitely
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opium
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pliability
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abruptly
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prospect
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virtue
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prominence
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Oxford
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proprietor
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alley
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distinguished
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retired
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entirely
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civilisation
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celebrity
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neophyte
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n.新信徒;开始者 | |
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skull
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agitation
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promising
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meritorious
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adj.值得赞赏的 | |
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eastward
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adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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wharf
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n.码头,停泊处 | |
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steward
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conspiracy
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horrified
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inscription
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relish
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enjoyment
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