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Chapter Five.
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We left the poor madman, Antonio Zeppa, wandering aimlessly up into the mountains of Sugar-loaf Island. Whether it was the loss of his beloved Orley alone that had turned his brain, or that loss coupled with the injury to his head, we cannot tell, but certain it is that the outward and visible violence of his great sorrow seemed to depart from him after he had entered the rugged1 defiles2 of the mountain range. His mental malady3 appeared to take the form of simple indifference4 and inactivity. Sometimes he muttered to himself as he went slowly and wearily along, but generally he was silent with his chin sunk upon his breast as he gazed upon the ground with lack-lustre eyes.
At other times he started and looked around him with a sharp, inquiring, almost timid, glance; but the gleam of memory—if such it was—soon passed away, and his handsome face resumed the gentle, almost childish, look which had settled down on it. But never again did he give vent5 to the heart-broken cries and wails6 which had marked the first stage of his derangement7.
The mutterings to which we have referred were seldom coherent; but the disjointed utterances8 sufficed to indicate the natural character of the man. As the ruling passion is said to become dominant9 in death, so, in this death of reason which appeared to have passed upon Zeppa, love of his wife and child and the natives of Ratinga, as well as profound reverence10 and love to his God, became
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adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的 | |
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v.玷污( defile的第三人称单数 );污染;弄脏;纵列行进 | |
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄 | |
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痛哭,哭声( wail的名词复数 ) | |
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n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受 | |
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wrath
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n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒 | |
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mere
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perpendicular
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stature
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ragged
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adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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eminently
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courageous
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disposition
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n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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astonishment
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n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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supplicating
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v.祈求,哀求,恳求( supplicate的现在分词 ) | |
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fully
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pointed
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kindly
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growled
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