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CHAPTER XII. ADRIFT IN LIVERPOOL ONCE MORE.
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That night I slept soundly, heedless of to-morrow; but when the day dawned the problem of what I was to do confronted me, and a very awkward question it was. For I was still so puny1 in size and so delicate-looking that I knew it would be no easy matter to persuade any one to employ me. Besides, I was penniless. I had little clothes but what I was wearing, and I felt sure no boarding-master would take me in on the chance of my paying him out of my advance-note here. My only hope was that I might be allowed to work by the ship, at a small weekly wage, until I had earned enough to pay for a week's board, either in the Sailors' Home or some boarding-house where they would try and get me a ship. That hope was soon dashed when the chief steward2 appeared. With unnecessary gruffness, as I thought, he told me that I was not wanted, and the sooner I got ashore3 "out of it" the better. Hadji was kinder. He gave me a cheerful smile, a hearty4 shake of the hand, and half a crown, besides wishing me luck. In a few minutes I stood outside the dock gates with all the town before me, but not a friend or even an acquaintance, as far as I knew, within its limits. Conscious that I had no time to lose, I wandered about the docks until I was weary, speaking to every likely looking officer on board the various ships I visited, and getting nothing but plenty of good-natured chaff5 as well as outspoken6 comments upon my childish appearance. Yes, I got one good meal; so that when night fell, and I sought a great heap of hay in the Cobourg Dock that I had noted8 as a promising9 place to spend the night, my precious piece of silver was still unbroken. I slept soundly, though none too warm, my long stay in the tropics having thinned my blood. At daylight I crept stealthily from my nest and recommenced my tramp, but it was fruitless. Then I remembered the wood-carver, and thought I would look him up again. But there was another name over the shop, and I saw that another business was being carried on there. I did not like to go into my old boarding-house next door, feeling sure that I should be unwelcome with only two shillings and sixpence in my pocket and no
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gutter
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broth
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diligently
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分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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quay
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gratitude
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admiration
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promptly
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gaol
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seaport
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n.海港,港口,港市 | |
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magistrates
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exodus
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stevedores
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n.码头装卸工人,搬运工( stevedore的名词复数 ) | |
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cosy
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contented
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apprehensions
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daunted
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使(某人)气馁,威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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galley
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n.(飞机或船上的)厨房单层甲板大帆船;军舰舰长用的大划艇; | |
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starch
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inflated
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perfectly
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rusty
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(轮船、飞机等的)乘务员( steward的名词复数 ); (俱乐部、旅馆、工会等的)管理员; (大型活动的)组织者; (私人家中的)管家 | |
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