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CHAPTER II—“IN MINE ENEMIES’ HOUSE”
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Sir Daniel’s residence in Shoreby was a tall, commodious1, plastered mansion2, framed in carven oak, and covered by a low-pitched roof of thatch3. To the back there stretched a garden, full of fruit-trees, alleys4, and thick arbours, and overlooked from the far end by the tower of the abbey church.
The house might contain, upon a pinch, the retinue5 of a greater person than Sir Daniel; but even now it was filled with hubbub6. The court rang with arms and horseshoe-iron; the kitchens roared with cookery like a bees’-hive; minstrels, and the players of instruments, and the cries of tumblers, sounded from the hall. Sir Daniel, in his profusion7, in the gaiety and gallantry of his establishment, rivalled with Lord Shoreby, and eclipsed Lord Risingham.
All guests were made welcome. Minstrels, tumblers, players of chess, the sellers of relics8, medicines, perfumes, and enchantments9, and along with these every sort of priest, friar, or pilgrim, were made welcome to the lower table, and slept together in the ample lofts10, or on the bare boards of the long dining-hall.
On the afternoon following the wreck11 of the Good Hope, the buttery, the kitchens, the stables, the covered cartshed that surrounded two sides of the court, were all crowded by idle people, partly belonging to Sir Daniel’s establishment, and
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commodious
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| adj.宽敞的;使用方便的 | |
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mansion
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| n.大厦,大楼;宅第 | |
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thatch
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| vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部;n.茅草(屋) | |
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alleys
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| 胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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retinue
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| n.侍从;随员 | |
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hubbub
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| n.嘈杂;骚乱 | |
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profusion
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relics
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| [pl.]n.遗物,遗迹,遗产;遗体,尸骸 | |
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enchantments
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lofts
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| 阁楼( loft的名词复数 ); (由工厂等改建的)套房; 上层楼面; 房间的越层 | |
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wreck
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| n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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| adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服,使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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attire
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| v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装 | |
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knight
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plentiful
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sprawled
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gambling
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festive
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monk
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guffaws
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| n.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的名词复数 )v.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的第三人称单数 ) | |
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witticisms
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| n.妙语,俏皮话( witticism的名词复数 ) | |
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countenance
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| n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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oblique
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muffled
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| adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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holders
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scatter
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| vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散 | |
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demure
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| adj.严肃的;端庄的 | |
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unaware
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ascend
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descending
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chamber
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dame
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astonishment
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layman
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entreat
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courteous
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admiration
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discretion
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vehemence
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bustled
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| 闹哄哄地忙乱,奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 ); 催促 | |
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hearth
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scruple
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gaping
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| adj.口的;张口的;敞口的;多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 );张开,张大 | |
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wincing
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beseeching
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| adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 ) | |
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rustle
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| v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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costly
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willow
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drudgery
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tremor
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| n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震 | |
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decided
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miserable
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| adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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triumphant
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| adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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fierily
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| 如火地,炽热地,猛烈地 | |
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ails
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tepidly
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tapestry
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flickering
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dwarfish
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malign
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baron
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hoarse
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uneven
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rattle
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slumber
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reassured
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intoxicated
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| 喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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outlaw
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doorway
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crimson
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sprawling
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| adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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| v.拜倒,平卧,衰竭;adj.拜倒的,平卧的,衰竭的 | |
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