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Chapter VII The Dry-Fly Fisherman
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I sat down on a hill-top and took stock of my position. I wasn’t feeling very happy, for my natural thankfulness at my escape was clouded by my severe bodily discomfort1. Those lentonite fumes2 had fairly poisoned me, and the baking hours on the dovecot hadn’t helped matters. I had a crushing headache, and felt as sick as a cat. Also my shoulder was in a bad way. At first I thought it was only a bruise3, but it seemed to be swelling4, and I had no use of my left arm.
My plan was to seek Mr Turnbull’s cottage, recover my garments, and especially Scudder’s note-book, and then make for the main line and get back to the south. It seemed to me that the sooner I got in touch with the Foreign Office man, Sir Walter Bullivant, the better. I didn’t see how I could get more proof than I had got already. He must just take or leave my story, and anyway, with him I would be in better hands than those devilish Germans. I had begun to feel quite kindly5 towards the British police.
It was a wonderful starry6 night, and I had not much difficulty about the road. Sir Harry8’s map had given me the lie of the land, and all I had to do was to steer9 a point or two west of south-west to come to the stream where I had met the roadman. In all these travels I never knew the names of the places, but I believe this stream was no less than the upper waters of the river Tweed. I calculated I must be about eighteen miles distant, and that meant I could not get there before morning. So I must lie up a day somewhere, for I was too outrageous10 a figure to be seen in the sunlight. I had neither coat, waistcoat, collar, nor hat, my trousers were badly torn, and my face and hands were black with the explosion. I daresay I had other beauties, for my eyes felt as if they were furiously bloodshot. Altogether I was no spectacle for God-fearing citizens to see on a highroad.
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a.痛苦的,折磨人的 | |
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法兰绒男裤; 法兰绒( flannel的名词复数 ) | |
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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alias
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conspirator
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cleft
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jaw
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