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Chapter Eighteen Inga Parts with his Pink Pearl
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The White Pearl guided Inga truly in his pursuit of the boat of King Gos, but the boy had been so delayed in sending his people home to Pingaree that it was a full day after Gos and Cor landed on the shore of the Wheeler Country that Inga's boat arrived at the same place.
There he found the forty rowers guarding the barge1 of Queen Cor, and although they would not or could not tell the boy where the King and Queen had taken his father and mother, the White Pearl advised him to follow the path to the country and the caverns3 of the nomes.
Rinkitink didn't like to undertake the rocky and mountainous journey, even with Bilbil to carry him, but he would not desert Inga, even though his own kingdom lay just beyond a range of mountains which could be seen towering southwest of them. So the King bravely mounted the goat, who always grumbled4 but always obeyed his master, and the three set off at once for the caverns of the nomes.
They traveled just as slowly as Queen Cor and King Gos had done, so when they were about halfway5 they discovered the King and Queen coming back to their boat. The fact that Gos and Cor were now alone proved that they had left Inga's father and mother behind them; so, at the suggestion of Rinkitink, the three hid behind a high rock until the King of Regos and the Queen of Coregos, who had not observed them, had passed them by. Then they continued their journey, glad that they had not again been forced to fight or quarrel with their wicked enemies.
"We might have asked them, however, what they had done with your poor parents," said Rinkitink.
"Never mind," answered Inga. "I am sure the White Pearl will guide us aright."
For a time they proceeded in silence and then Rinkitink began to chuckle6 with laughter in the pleasant way he was wont7 to do before his misfortunes came upon him.
"What amuses Your Majesty
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cavern
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caverns
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| 大山洞,大洞穴( cavern的名词复数 ) | |
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grumbled
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| 抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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wont
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majesty
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undertaking
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liberate
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pointed
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velvet
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audacity
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disposition
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glowering
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defiant
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curiously
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mashed
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feat
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battered
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doorway
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shrill
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scurrying
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chamber
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dominions
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courteous
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crooked
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hearty
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| adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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determined
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revolved
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| v.(使)旋转( revolve的过去式和过去分词 );细想 | |
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gems
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| growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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labyrinth
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discomfiture
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awakened
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latch
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inviting
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dire
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professing
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deserted
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resounded
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foe
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withering
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