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IN THE FIRST PLACE PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT I do not expect you to believe this story. Nor could you wonder had you witnessed a recent experience of mine when, in the armor of blissful and stupendous ignorance, I gaily1 narrated2 the gist3 of it to a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society on the occasion of my last trip to London.
You would surely have thought that I had been detected in no less a heinous4 crime than the purloining6 of the Crown Jewels from the Tower, or putting poison in the coffee of His Majesty7 the King.
The erudite gentleman in whom I confided8 congealed9 before I was half through!—it is all that saved him from exploding—and my dreams of an Honorary Fellowship, gold medals, and a niche10 in the Hall of Fame faded into the thin, cold air of his arctic atmosphere.
But I believe the story, and so would you, and so would the learned Fellow of the Royal Geological Society, had you and he heard it from the lips of the man who told it to me. Had you seen, as I did, the fire of truth in those gray eyes; had you felt the ring of sincerity11 in that quiet voice; had you realized the pathos12 of it all—you, too, would believe. You would not have needed the final ocular proof that I had—the weird
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gaily
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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narrated
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v.故事( narrate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.要旨;梗概 | |
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heinous
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adj.可憎的,十恶不赦的 | |
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n.(圆物的)边,轮缘;边界 | |
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purloining
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v.偷窃( purloin的现在分词 ) | |
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majesty
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n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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confided
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v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
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congealed
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v.使凝结,冻结( congeal的过去式和过去分词 );(指血)凝结 | |
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niche
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n.壁龛;合适的职务(环境、位置等) | |
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sincerity
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n.真诚,诚意;真实 | |
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pathos
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n.哀婉,悲怆 | |
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weird
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adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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clump
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n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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oasis
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n.(沙漠中的)绿洲,宜人的地方 | |
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