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15 The Flight of Werper
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After Werper had arranged the dummy1 in his bed, and sneaked2 out into the darkness of the village beneath the rear wall of his tent, he had gone directly to the hut in which Jane Clayton was held captive.
Before the doorway3 squatted4 a black sentry5. Werper approached him boldly, spoke6 a few words in his ear, handed him a package of tobacco, and passed into the hut. The black grinned and winked7 as the European disappeared within the darkness of the interior.
The Belgian, being one of Achmet Zek's principal lieutenants8, might naturally go where he wished within or without the village, and so the sentry had not questioned his right to enter the hut with the white, woman prisoner.
Within, Werper called in French and in a low whisper: "Lady Greystoke! It is I, M. Frecoult. Where are you?" But there was no response. Hastily the man felt around the interior, groping blindly through the darkness with outstretched hands. There was no one within!
Werper's astonishment10 surpassed words. He was on the point of stepping without to question the sentry, when his eyes, becoming accustomed to the dark, discovered a blotch11 of lesser12 blackness near the base of the rear wall of the hut. Examination revealed the fact that the blotch was an opening cut in the wall. It was large enough to permit the passage of his body, and assured as he was that Lady Greystoke had passed out through the
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n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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adj.懊恼的,苦恼的v.使懊恼,使懊丧,使悔恨( chagrin的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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