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VI A KING'S RANSOM
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For another mile the two brigands1 conducted their captor along the mountainside, then they turned into a narrow ravine near the summit of the hills—a deep, rocky, wooded ravine into whose black shadows it seemed the sun might never penetrate3.
A winding4 path led crookedly5 among the pines that grew thickly in this sheltered hollow, until presently, after half an hour of rough going, they came upon a small natural clearing, rock-bound and impregnable.
As they filed from the wood Barney saw a score of villainous fellows clustered about a camp fire where they seemed engaged in cooking their noonday meal. Bits of meat were roasting upon iron skewers6, and a great iron pot boiled vigorously at one side of the blaze.
At the sound of their approach the men sprang to their feet in alarm, and as many weapons as there were men leaped to view; but when they saw Barney's companions they returned their pistols to their holsters, and at sight of Barney they pressed forward to inspect the prisoner.
"Who have we here?" shouted a big blond giant, who affected7 extremely gaudy8 colors in his selection of wearing apparel, and whose pistols and knife had their grips heavily ornamented9 with pearl and silver.
"A stranger in Lutha he calls himself," replied one of Barney's captors. "But from the sword I take it he is one of old Peter's wolfhounds."
"Well, he's found the wolves at any rate," replied the giant, with a wide grin at his witticism10. "And if Yellow Franz is the particular wolf you're after, my friend, why here I am," he concluded, addressing the American with a leer.
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n.土匪,强盗( brigand的名词复数 ) | |
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brigand
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n.土匪,强盗 | |
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用平头钉钉( tack的过去式和过去分词 ); 附加,增补; 帆船抢风行驶,用粗线脚缝 | |
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monarch
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majesty
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scoured
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shack
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awe
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royalty
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rancor
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killing
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connivance
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brutal
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demise
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robin
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hood
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hips
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precisely
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impatience
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consul
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hurl
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groan
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crumpled
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simultaneously
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wrested
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(用力)拧( wrest的过去式和过去分词 ); 费力取得; (从…)攫取; ( 从… ) 强行取去… | |
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beads
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gallows
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pickle
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loyalty
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redeeming
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vengeance
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rugged
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thoroughly
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aggravating
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