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CHAPTER XI WHEREIN A WRIT AND A RIOT FAIL
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A raw, gray day with a driving drizzle1 from seaward and a leaden rack of clouds drifting low matched the sullen2, fitful mood of Glenister.
During the last month he had chafed3 and fretted4 like an animal in leash5 for word of Wheaton. This uncertainty6, this impotent waiting with folded hands, was maddening to one of his spirit. He could apply himself to no fixed7 duty, for the sense of his wrong preyed8 on him fiercely, and he found himself haunting the vicinity of the Midas, gazing at it from afar, grasping hungrily for such scraps9 of news as chanced to reach him. McNamara allowed access to none but his minions10, so the partners knew but vaguely11 of what happened on their property, even though, under fiction of law, it was being worked for their protection.
No steps regarding a speedy hearing of the case were allowed, and the collusion between Judge Stillman and the receiver had become so generally recognized that there were uneasy mutterings and threats in many quarters. Yet, although the politician had by now virtually absorbed all the richest properties in the district and worked them through his hirelings, the people of Nome as a whole did not grasp the full turpitude12 of the scheme nor the system’s perfect working.
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drizzle
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v.下毛毛雨;n.毛毛雨,蒙蒙细雨 | |
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sullen
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焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
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leash
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n.牵狗的皮带,束缚;v.用皮带系住 | |
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scraps
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minions
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n.奴颜婢膝的仆从( minion的名词复数 );走狗;宠儿;受人崇拜者 | |
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turpitude
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disposition
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prospecting
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spat
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impatience
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resolute
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thwarting
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阻挠( thwart的现在分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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sledge
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n.雪橇,大锤;v.用雪橇搬运,坐雪橇往 | |
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westward
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n.命令状,书面命令 | |
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alibi
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n.某人当时不在犯罪现场的申辩或证明;借口 | |
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hoarded
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mighty
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foamy
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gull
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oars
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deluge
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n./vt.洪水,暴雨,使泛滥 | |
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engulfed
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v.吞没,包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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swirling
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tangle
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n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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seaman
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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反复敲打( buffet的过去式和过去分词 ); 连续猛击; 打来打去; 推来搡去 | |
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wreck
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utterly
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drawn
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taut
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hurled
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ordeal
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blanched
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v.使变白( blanch的过去式 );使(植物)不见阳光而变白;酸洗(金属)使有光泽;用沸水烫(杏仁等)以便去皮 | |
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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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injustice
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n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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prophesied
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v.预告,预言( prophesy的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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anvil
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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certified
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a.经证明合格的;具有证明文件的 | |
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writs
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judicial
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magistrate
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astounded
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vacillation
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furtively
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authenticity
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n.真实性 | |
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fixedly
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stammered
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assay
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quartz
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assayer
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vault
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disturbance
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conversed
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hatred
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foe
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(尤指宗教或政治信仰的)迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 ); 烦扰,困扰或骚扰某人 | |
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malignantly
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sullenly
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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