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Chapter Twenty Six.
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Begins with a Disappointment, continues with a Great Reception, and ends with a Series of Surprises.
At the breakfast-table next morning a telegram was handed to Redpath. There was nothing unusual in this. On the contrary, it seemed peculiarly natural that telegrams should be frequent visitors at the house of a telegraphist, but it was not so natural that Redpath should first look at the missive with surprise, and then toss it across the table to Sam.
“It is for you, Mr Shipton.”
“For me? Impossible! I am supposed to be dead at home,” exclaimed Sam, tearing it open. “Oh, it’s from Frank Hedley, and—well, he has been successful after all! Listen, Robin2. Excuse me, Mrs Redpath. May I read it aloud?”
“By all means,” answered the pretty little woman, who would probably have answered the same if he had asked leave to go to bed in his boots.
“‘Your affair settled’”—continued Sam, reading.
“‘Great Eastern starts almost immediately. Come without delay.’”
“How provoking!” exclaimed the pretty little woman. “I had counted on having you a fortnight at least.”
“And I had counted on showing you some capital sport in our jungles, where we have all sorts of large game. But of course you cannot do otherwise than obey the summons at once.”
“Of course not,” said Sam and Robin together.
“Sure it’s bad luck has followed me iver since I left owld Ireland.”
“What’s wrong with you?” asked Slagg, looking up from the slice of peacock breast with which he was regaling himself.
“The matter? Och, it’s bad luck’s the matter. Hasn’t our frindship only just begood, an’ isn’t it goin’ to be cut short all of a suddint, niver more to be renewed?”
In pathetic tones, and with many Hibernian comments, the poor man communicated the news brought by the telegram. But regrets were of no avail; the orders were peremptory4; the chance of returning to England in such circumstances too good to be lightly thrown away; so that same forenoon saw the whole party, with the skin of the royal tiger, on their way back to the city of Bombay.
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(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分 | |
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hospitably
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亲切地,招待周到地,善于款待地 | |
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vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条 | |
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intoxicated
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n.贵族( aristocrat的名词复数 ) | |
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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comedian
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n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员 | |
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satirist
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n.讽刺诗作者,讽刺家,爱挖苦别人的人 | |
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n.扒手( pickpocket的名词复数 ) | |
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Christian
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innocence
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n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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savage
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