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CHAPTER VII A FAIR GODDESS
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For an instant the black pirate and I remained motionless, glaring into each other's eyes. Then a grim smile curled the handsome lips above me, as an ebony hand came slowly in sight from above the edge of the deck and the cold, hollow eye of a revolver sought the centre of my forehead.
Simultaneously1 my free hand shot out for the black throat, just within reach, and the ebony finger tightened2 on the trigger. The pirate's hissing3, "Die, cursed thern," was half choked in his windpipe by my clutching fingers. The hammer fell with a futile4 click upon an empty chamber5.
Before he could fire again I had pulled him so far over the edge of the deck that he was forced to drop his firearm and clutch the rail with both hands.
My grasp upon his throat effectually prevented any outcry, and so we struggled in grim silence; he to tear away from my hold, I to drag him over to his death.
His face was taking on a livid hue6, his eyes were bulging7 from their sockets8. It was evident to him that he soon must die unless he tore loose from the steel fingers that were choking the life from him. With a final effort he threw himself further back upon the deck, at the same instant releasing his hold upon the rail to tear frantically10 with both hands at my fingers in an effort to drag them from his throat.
That little second was all that I awaited. With one mighty11 downward surge I swept him clear of the deck. His falling body came near to tearing me from the
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avenge
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lessening
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entirely
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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adversary
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apparently
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inventory
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gracefully
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astonishment
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