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CHAPTER IV MY TRADE APPRENTICESHIP FINISHES
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Undoubtedly there was a good deal of mystery about the proceedings1 which closed the last chapter, but I was in those days very little concerned with causes, I had enough trouble with results. So I did not try to speculate, only feeling glad that my friend was evidently all right. And after all I had spent a very pleasant evening, my belly2 was nearly full, and I was threepence to the good. So why worry, more especially as it was certain that any attempt at investigation3 on my part could only lead to trouble for me, and I was ever anxious to avoid trouble of any kind.
In the course of the day I drifted down to the King's Arms again, but saw nothing of my friend. So towards evening, I made bold to ask Sam if he had seen him, and received the reply that he had sailed that morning in a schooner4 for Spain. I have never seen him since, but I have not been able to forget him.
One never-failing source of amusement I had during this long weary time, for even if hungry and cold young things will try to play, was in the Tower of London, into which I often dodged5 past the guards. I was often caught and driven back, but that only whetted6 my appetite for getting in. In my numerous visits I explored many portions of the old building that visitors never see, and I had many a good meal given me by the kind-hearted mess-cooks of the garrison7. And by stealthily joining myself on to parties of visitors, I went the rounds of all the showplaces, into which entrance in those days could only be had by payment, and was mightily8 amused at hearing the same old story told with hardly an altered word by the "beef-eaters."
I have mentioned this particularly, because opportunities for play in that stern and
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1 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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4 schooner | |
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5 dodged | |
v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避 | |
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v.(在石头上)磨(刀、斧等)( whet的过去式和过去分词 );引起,刺激(食欲、欲望、兴趣等) | |
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7 garrison | |
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8 mightily | |
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9 dingy | |
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10 eerie | |
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11 snug | |
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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12 vessel | |
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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14 fully | |
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15 inured | |
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16 calloused | |
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17 determined | |
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18 stowaways | |
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19 craved | |
渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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20 nomad | |
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21 contented | |
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22 nay | |
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23 adage | |
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24 prospects | |
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25 ebb | |
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26 alluded | |
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27 fatality | |
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28 puny | |
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29 plaza | |
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30 entirely | |
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31 lodging | |
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32 consul | |
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33 guise | |
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34 versed | |
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35 broth | |
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36 crooked | |
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37 ornamental | |
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38 mallet | |
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39 chisel | |
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40 carvings | |
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41 groove | |
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42 destined | |
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43 alas | |
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44 benevolent | |
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45 stimulated | |
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46 lapse | |
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47 delightful | |
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48 tenor | |
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49 melodious | |
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50 homage | |
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51 falter | |
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52 thither | |
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53 cosy | |
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54 spoke | |
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55 morose | |
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56 sullen | |
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57 culminated | |
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58 fatigue | |
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59 sarcastic | |
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60 dreary | |
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61 possessed | |
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62 landlady | |
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63 toddled | |
v.(幼儿等)东倒西歪地走( toddle的过去式和过去分词 );蹒跚行走;溜达;散步 | |
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64 heartily | |
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65 intensity | |
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66 urchin | |
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67 situated | |
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68 ashore | |
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69 thumping | |
adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持 | |
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70 foghorn | |
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71 growled | |
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72 rumbled | |
发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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73 stuffy | |
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74 fixedly | |
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75 seaman | |
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76 touching | |
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77 growling | |
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78 lugubrious | |
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79 victuals | |
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80 generosity | |
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81 apprenticeship | |
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82 utterly | |
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83 colossal | |
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84 ineptitude | |
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85 relentless | |
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86 narrative | |
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