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CHAPTER V THE FAIR RACE
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Downward along a smooth, broad floor led the strange tunnel, for such Carthoris was now convinced was the nature of the shaft1 he at first had thought but a cave.
Before him he could hear the occasional low moans of the banth, and presently from behind came a similar uncanny note. Another banth had entered the passageway on HIS trail!
His position was anything but pleasant. His eyes could not penetrate2 the darkness even to the distinguishing of his hand before his face, while the banths, he knew, could see quite well, though absence of light were utter.
No other sounds came to his ears than the dismal3, bloodthirsty moanings of the beast ahead and the beast behind.
The tunnel had led straight, from where he had entered it beneath the side of the rock furthest from the unscaleable cliffs, toward the mighty4 barrier that had baffled him so long.
The beast behind him was gaining upon him, crowding him perilously8 close upon the heels of the beast in front. Presently he should have to do battle with one, or both. More firmly he gripped his weapon.
Now he could hear the breathing of the banth at his heels. Not for much longer could he delay the encounter.
Long since he had become assured that the tunnel led beneath the cliffs to the opposite side of the barrier, and he had hoped that he might reach the moonlit open before being compelled to grapple with either of the monsters.
The sun had been setting as he entered the tunnel, and the way had been sufficiently9 long to assure him that darkness now
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indifference
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boorishness
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veins
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n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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blighting
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使凋萎( blight的现在分词 ); 使颓丧; 损害; 妨害 | |
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reverted
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恢复( revert的过去式和过去分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还 | |
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depicted
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