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Chapter 9 Chivalry or Villainy
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From her cabin port upon the Kincaid, Jane Clayton had seen her husband rowed to the verdure-clad shore of Jungle Island, and then the ship once more proceeded upon its way.
For several days she saw no one other than Sven Anderssen, the Kincaid's taciturn and repellent cook. She asked him the name of the shore upon which her husband had been set.
"Ay tank it blow purty soon purty hard," replied the Swede, and that was all that she could get out of him.
She had come to the conclusion that he spoke1 no other English, and so she ceased to importune2 him for information; but never did she forget to greet him pleasantly or to thank him for the hideous3, nauseating4 meals he brought her.
Three days from the spot where Tarzan had been marooned6 the Kincaid came to anchor in the mouth of a great river, and presently Rokoff came to Jane Clayton's cabin.
"We have arrived, my dear," he said, with a sickening leer. "I have come to offer you safety, liberty, and ease. My heart has been softened7 toward you in your suffering, and I would make amends8 as best I may.
"Your husband was a brute—you know that best who found him naked in his native jungle, roaming wild with the savage9 beasts that were his fellows. Now I am a gentleman, not only born of noble blood, but raised gently as befits a man of quality.
"To you, dear Jane, I offer the love of a cultured man and association with one of culture and refinement10, which you must have sorely missed in your relations with the poor ape that through your girlish infatuation you married so thoughtlessly. I love you, Jane. You have but to say the word and no further sorrows shall
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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fatuous
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mortification
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发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对 | |
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plebeian
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adj.粗俗的;平民的;n.平民;庶民 | |
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brat
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n.孩子;顽童 | |
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expatiating
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v.憎恶;厌恶;诅咒 | |
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apprehensions
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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forefinger
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prow
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v.作物物交换,以货换货( barter的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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gracefully
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ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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riotous
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adj.骚乱的;狂欢的 | |
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profusion
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placid
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weird
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maniacal
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hyena
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grunt
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huddled
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bosom
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waning
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exhaustion
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chivalrous
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