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chapter 8
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How I fared in my attempt to recover the stolen money, and how Father O'Rourke and I came face to face with unlooked-for company in the Inn at Portree.
We, in company with my kinsmen2, pushed our way rapidly towards Knoidart. Although it had been perfectly3 plain to us both—for Father O'Rourke had picked up no mean bit of soldiering in his campaigning—that any successful stand was out of the question—for the cordon4 was every day tightening5 round Lochiel, and, worse than this, some of the principals, like Lovat, were disheartened, and only anxious to make their peace on any terms—Murray, who was to some extent the representative of the Prince, was badly frightened, and most of the Highlanders were wearying to return home. This was all patent to us, and yet we could not help feeling a sense of dejection with the others, most of whom knew no reason whatever for anything they did, beyond that they were ordered to it by their chiefs.
But nothing like a spice of danger will cheer a lagging spirit, and for the first twelve hours we had enough of it and to spare. But though at times nearly surrounded, being able to scatter7 on any approach, we had an advantage over what troops we met, and were not slow to avail ourselves of our opportunities. "Faith, I've not done so much running away since I was at school!" Father O'Rourke declared; and, indeed, to see him one would swear he had the heart of a school-boy in him still.
However, we were soon beyond actual danger, and now made our way openly enough, until one evening we stood on the highway, and before us I pointed8 out to Father O'Rourke the chimnies of Crowlin, my father's house, which I had left as a boy of twelve, six years before.
"THERE! THAT IS CROWLIN"
Eighteen may not seem a great age to my reader, and does not to me to-day, when I can cap it with fifty years and more, but on that June day in the year '46, when I stood and knocked the dust of the road off my shoes, I felt like a man who had spent a lifetime away from all he had known as a boy, and my heart grew so big within me that I could hardly say the words, "There! that is Crowlin."
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| n.A牌;发球得分;佼佼者;adj.杰出的 | |
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     heartily   | |
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     decided   | |
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     bonnet   | |
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     decency   | |
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     groaned   | |
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     consolation   | |
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     geographically   | |
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| v.潜伏,偷偷摸摸地走动,鬼鬼祟祟地活动( skulk的现在分词 ) | |
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| 劫掠后的残迹,破坏的结果,毁坏后的残迹 | |
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     rascal   | |
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| vt.使烦恼,使苦恼 | |
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     countenance   | |
| n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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     complexion   | |
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| 拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消 | |
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     eldest   | |
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| n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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     bribed   | |
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     restitution   | |
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     spoke   | |
| 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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     ribs   | |
| n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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     admiration   | |
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     audacity   | |
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     paltry   | |
| adj.无价值的,微不足道的 | |
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     groans   | |
| n.呻吟,叹息( groan的名词复数 );呻吟般的声音v.呻吟( groan的第三人称单数 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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     bombast   | |
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| n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐 | |
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| vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部;n.茅草(屋) | |
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     tingling   | |
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     discommode   | |
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     folly   | |
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     distressed   | |
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     obstinacy   | |
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     quandary   | |
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     grunted   | |
| (猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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     sheathing   | |
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     kinsman   | |
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     apprehension   | |
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     refreshment   | |
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     conceal   | |
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     mighty   | |
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