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XVI THE CITY AMONG THE LEAVES
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The night was moonless and warm. An impalpable haze1 dimmed the star-glow, only the diffused2 illumination of the open sea enabled the passengers of the Fair Play to identify that blacker darkness on the horizon ahead of them as land. The ship herself was no more than a formless blot4 stealing through the gloom, and save for the phosphorescence at bow and stern no light betrayed her presence, not even so much as the flare5 of a match or the coal from a cigar or cigarette. Orders of the strictest had been issued and the expedicionarios, gathered along the rails, were not inclined to disregard them, for only two nights before the Fair Play, in spite of every precaution, had shoved her nose fairly into a hornets' nest and had managed to escape only by virtue7 of the darkness and the speed of her engines.
She had approached within a mile or two of the pre-arranged landing-place when over the mangroves had flared9 the blinding white light of a Spanish patrol-boat; like a thief surprised at his work the tramp had turned tail and fled, never pausing until she lay safe among the Bahama Banks.
Now she was feeling her way back, some distance to the westward10. Major Ramos was on the bridge with the captain. Two men were taking soundings in a blind search for that steep wall which forms the side of the old Bahama Channel. When the lead finally gave them warning, the Fair Play lost her headway and came to a stop, rolling lazily; in the silence that ensued Leslie Branch's recurrent cough barked loudly.
"They're afraid to go closer, on account of the reef," O'Reilly explained to his companions.
"That must be it that I hear," Norine ventured. "Or maybe it's just the roaring in my ears."
"Probably the latter," said Branch. "I'm scared stiff. I don't like reefs. Are there any sharks in these waters?"
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n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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vowing
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budge
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prospect
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savannas
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promptly
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patriot
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n.爱国者,爱国主义者 | |
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dozed
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shrilly
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