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VII BARNEY TO THE RESCUE
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As Barney Custer raced along the Austrian highroad toward the frontier and Lutha, his spirits rose to a pitch of buoyancy to which they had been strangers for the past several days. For the first time in many hours it seemed possible to Barney to entertain reasonable hopes of escape from the extremely dangerous predicament into which he had gotten himself.
He was even humming a gay little tune1 as he drove into a tiny hamlet through which the road wound. No sign of military appeared to fill him with apprehension2. He was very hungry and the odor of cooking fell gratefully upon his nostrils3. He drew up before the single inn, and presently, washed and brushed, was sitting before the first meal he had seen for two days. In the enjoyment4 of the food he almost forgot the dangers he had passed through, or that other dangers might be lying in wait for him at his elbow.
From the landlord he learned that the frontier lay but three miles to the south of the hamlet. Three miles! Three miles to Lutha! What if there was a price upon his head in that kingdom? It was HER home. It had been his mother's birthplace. He loved it.
Further, he must enter there and reach the ear of old Prince von der Tann. Once more he must save the king who had shown such scant5 gratitude6 upon another occasion.
For Leopold, Barney Custer did not give the snap of his fingers; but what Leopold, the king, stood for in the lives and sentiments of the Luthanians—of the Von der Tanns—was very dear to the American because it was dear to a trim, young girl and to a rugged7, leonine, old man, of both of whom Barney was inordinately8 fond. And possibly, too, it was dear to him because of the royal blood his mother had bequeathed him.
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tune
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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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gratitude
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credentials
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没收,充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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quaint
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winding
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mileage
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consternation
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sergeant
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jargon
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bumper
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racing
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steering
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radiator
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spurt
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penetrated
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活塞( piston的名词复数 ) | |
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cylinders
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concealment
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hazy
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ominous
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throttle
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veered
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v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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ruse
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sufficiently
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cavalry
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scouring
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farmhouse
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provender
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filch
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coveted
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woolen
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vestige
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concealing
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galloping
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gallop
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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