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CHAPTER II. SUMMARY OF EVENTS (continued)
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I made the last of my journey in the cold end of December, in a mighty1 dry day of frost, and who should be my guide but Patey Macmorland, brother of Tam! For a tow-headed, bare-legged brat2 of ten, he had more ill tales upon his tongue than ever I heard the match of; having drunken betimes in his brother’s cup. I was still not so old myself; pride had not yet the upper hand of curiosity; and indeed it would have taken any man, that cold morning, to hear all the old clashes of the country, and be shown all the places by the way where strange things had fallen out. I had tales of Claverhouse as we came through the bogs4, and tales of the devil, as we came over the top of the scaur. As we came in by the abbey I heard somewhat of the old monks5, and more of the freetraders, who use its ruins for a magazine, landing for that cause within a cannon-shot of Durrisdeer; and along all the road the Duries and poor Mr. Henry were in the first rank of slander6. My mind was thus highly prejudiced against the family I was about to serve, so that I was half surprised when I beheld7 Durrisdeer itself, lying in a pretty, sheltered bay, under the Abbey Hill; the house most commodiously8 built in the French fashion, or perhaps Italianate, for I have no skill in these arts; and the place the most beautified with gardens, lawns, shrubberies, and trees I had ever seen. The money sunk here unproductively would have quite restored the family; but as it was, it cost a revenue to keep it up.
Mr. Henry came himself to the door to welcome me: a tall dark young gentleman (the Duries are all black men) of a plain and not cheerful face, very strong in body, but not so strong in health: taking me by the hand without any pride, and putting me at home with plain kind speeches. He led me into the hall, booted as I was, to present me to my lord. It was still daylight; and the first thing I observed was a lozenge of clear glass in the midst of the shield in the painted window, which I remember thinking a
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loyalty
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whine
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hatred
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Christian
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| 讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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gratitude
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virtuous
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briskness
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unnatural
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malady
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professed
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lodging
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tavern
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tragically
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loath
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loathing
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sneering
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