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CHAPTER V WHEREIN A MAN APPEARS
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IN the lives of countries there are crises where, for a breath, destinies lie in the laps of the gods and are jumbled1, heads or tails. Thus are marked distinctive2 cycles like the seven ages of a man, and though, perhaps, they are too subtle to be perceived at the time, yet, having swung past the shadowy milestones3, the epochs disclose themselves.
Such a period in the progress of the Far Northwest was the nineteenth day of July, although to those concerned in the building of this new empire the day appealed only as the date of the coming of the law. All Nome gathered on the sands as lighters4 brought ashore5 Judge Stillman and his following. It was held fitting that the Senator should be the ship to safeguard the dignity of the first court and to introduce Justice into this land of the wild.
The interest awakened6 by His Honor was augmented7 by the fact that he was met on the beach by a charming girl, who flung herself upon him with evident delight.
“That’s his niece,” said some one. “She came up on the first boat—name’s Chester—swell looker, eh?”
Another new-comer attracted even more notice than the limb of the law; a gigantic, well-groomed man, with keen, close-set eyes, and that indefinable easy movement and polished bearing that come from confidence, health, and travel. Unlike the others, he did not dally9 on the beach nor display much interest in his surroundings; but, with purposeful frown strode through the press, up into the heart of the city. His companion was Struve’s partner, Dunham, a middle-aged10,
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jumbled
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n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 );重要阶段;转折点;里程碑 | |
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n.打火机,点火器( lighter的名词复数 ) | |
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adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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benediction
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temperament
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adj.略为灰色的,呈灰色的;n.灰色大熊 | |
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cannon
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n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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pestilence
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queried
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v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话( prattle的过去式和过去分词 );发出连续而无意义的声音;闲扯;东拉西扯 | |
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fascination
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n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋 | |
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gulch
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n.(足以解冻的)暖和天气( thaw的名词复数 );(敌对国家之间)关系缓和v.(气候)解冻( thaw的第三人称单数 );(态度、感情等)缓和;(冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化;软化 | |
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allege
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绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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repentance
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unnatural
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adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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wryly
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savage
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congregate
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n.骰子;vt.把(食物)切成小方块,冒险 | |
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promptly
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precedent
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overtures
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stature
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humane
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aloofness
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超然态度 | |
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brawls
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吵架,打架( brawl的名词复数 ) | |
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v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词);蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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