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CHAPTER XIV DR. CAIRN ARRIVES
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Dr. Bruce Cairn stepped into the boat which was to take him ashore1, and as it swung away from the side of the liner sought to divert his thoughts by a contemplation of the weird2 scene. Amid the smoky flare3 of many lights, amid rising clouds of dust, a line of laden4 toilers was crawling ant-like from the lighters5 into the bowels6 of the big ship; and a second line, unladen, was descending7 by another gangway. Above, the jewelled velvet8 of the sky swept in a glorious arc; beyond, the lights of Port Said broke through the black curtain of the night, and the moving ray from the lighthouse intermittently9 swept the harbour waters; whilst, amid the indescribable clamour, the grimily picturesque10 turmoil11, so characteristic of the place, the liner took in coal for her run to Rangoon.
Dodging12 this way and that, rounding the sterns of big ships, and disputing the water-way with lesser13 craft, the boat made for shore.
The usual delay at the Custom House, the usual soothing
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flare
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v.闪耀,闪烁;n.潮红;突发 | |
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velvet
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intermittently
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picturesque
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turmoil
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dodging
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soothing
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jolting
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rambling
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entirely
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peculiar
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soda
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buffet
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gaping
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nay
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viper
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venom
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fang
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hooting
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vessel
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gateway
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symbolic
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hue
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trifling
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sleepless
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persistency
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insomnia
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n.失眠,失眠症 | |
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orb
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feverishly
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groove
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soothe
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delusion
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deliberately
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slumber
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