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Chapter Eighteen.
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Pedro becomes communicative; Manuela vocal1; Lawrence preposterous2; Quashy and Tiger violent—The Whole ending in a Grand Catastrophe3.
“Senhor Armstrong,” said Pedro, the evening after that on which the capture of turtles took place, “I have received some bad news—at least unsatisfactory news—which will necessitate4 a change in our style of travelling, and a more rapid progress towards our journey’s end.”
“I’m sorry for that,” Lawrence answered, “for, to my mind, our style of travelling is very agreeable, and the rate quite fast enough, especially for one who has no definite purpose in view.”
“That may be so, senhor,” returned Pedro, with a grim smile, “but as I have something of a definite purpose in view, the case is different.”
“True, Pedro,—true. I do not object to any change in your plans; I merely comment on the very pleasant time we are having, and shall be ready to act as you desire; so, you see, I am as I promised to be—an obedient follower6. But where got you this news from? I have seen no one arrive in the camp since we came. What may the nature of the news be, if I may venture to ask of one who is so—so very reticent7?”
The guide pondered some time before replying to these questions. Then, with the air of one who has made up his mind on an uncertain point, said—
“I had no intention of rousing your curiosity by needless secrecy8. I have not very many or very profound secrets. Only, in a disturbed country it behoves a man to hold his tongue in regard to his affairs. But I feel that you are a friend, Senhor Armstrong, who may be trusted; not that I have much to trust to you,—and yet, my doings are so mixed up with the affairs of other people that to some extent I am tongue-tied. I may tell you, however, that I am a secret agent of the government, to which I have volunteered my services
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默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想 | |
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dilemma
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predilection
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