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Chapter Two.
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When Antonio Zeppa recovered consciousness, he found himself lying on a mattress1 in the schooner2’s hold, bound, bleeding, and with a dull and dreadful sense of pain at his breast, which at first he could not account for. Ere long the sudden plash of a wave on the vessel5’s side recalled his mind to his bereavement6; and a cry—loud, long, and terrible—arose from the vessel’s hold, which caused even the stoutest7 and most reckless heart on board to quail8.
Richard Rosco—now a pirate captain—heard it as he sat alone in his cabin, his elbows resting on the table, and his white face buried in his hands. He did not repent9—he could not repent; at least so he said to himself while the fires kindled10 by a first great crime consumed him.
Men do not reach the profoundest depths of wickedness at one bound. The descent is always graduated—for there are successive rounds to the ladder of sin—but it is sometimes awfully11 sudden. When young Rosco left England he had committed only deeds which men are apt lightly to name the “follies12” of youth. These follies, however, had proved to be terrible leaks through which streams of corruption13 had flowed in upon his soul. Still, he had no thought of becoming a reckless or heartless man, and would have laughed to scorn any one who should have hinted that he would ever become an
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outlaw
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plunderer
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n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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再发生,复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 ); 治愈 | |
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vi.复发,重现,再发生 | |
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突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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