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CHAPTER XVII "CRUEL PRINCE, OBEYING DESTINY"
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Don Luis once more addressed himself to Vorski:
"We're agreed, aren't we, Kamerad? All that I'm saying exactly expresses the truth?"
Vorski had closed his eyes, his head was drooping1, and the veins2 on his temple were immoderately swollen3. To prevent any interference by Stéphane, Don Luis exclaimed:
"You will speak, my fine fellow! Ah, the pain is beginning to grow serious, is it? The brain is giving way? . . . Remember, just one whistle, a bar or two of Tipperary and I interrupt my speech . . . . You won't? You're not ripe yet? So much the worse for you! . . . And you, Stéphane, have no fear for François. I answer for everything. But no pity for this monster, please! No, no and again no! Don't forget that he prepared and contrived4 everything of his own free will! Don't forget . . . But I'm getting angry. What's the use?"
Don Luis unfolded the page of the note-book on which Vorski had written down the prophecy and, holding it under his eyes, continued:
"What remains5 to be said is not so important, once the general explanation is accepted. Nevertheless, we must go into detail to some slight extent, show the mechanism6 of the affair imagined and built up by Vorski and lastly come to the part played by our attractive ancient Druid . . . . So we are now in the month of June. This is the season fixed7 for the execution of the thirty victims. It was evidently appointed by Brother Thomas because the rhythm of his verse called for a month in one syllable8, just as the year fourteen and three was selected because three rhymes with be and tree and just as Brother Thomas decided
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1 drooping | |
adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词 | |
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4 contrived | |
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5 remains | |
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9 decided | |
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11 miraculous | |
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12 gem | |
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13 immediate | |
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15 accomplices | |
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16 accomplice | |
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17 random | |
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18 unaware | |
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19 cowardice | |
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20 tragic | |
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21 runaways | |
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22 abominable | |
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23 foretold | |
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24 shipwrecks | |
海难,船只失事( shipwreck的名词复数 ); 沉船 | |
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25 lull | |
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26 waylaid | |
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27 archer | |
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28 concealed | |
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29 complements | |
补充( complement的名词复数 ); 补足语; 补充物; 补集(数) | |
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30 wedded | |
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31 slain | |
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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32 temporizes | |
v.敷衍( temporize的第三人称单数 );拖延;顺应时势;暂时同意 | |
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33 specify | |
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34 devoted | |
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35 behold | |
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36 vouchsafed | |
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37 prospect | |
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38 missionary | |
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39 guardians | |
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40 sickle | |
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41 delightful | |
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42 imprisoned | |
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43 hurls | |
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44 duel | |
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45 climax | |
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46 binding | |
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47 hearty | |
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48 onward | |
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49 burlesque | |
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50 devoid | |
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51 confession | |
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52 obedience | |
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53 doggerel | |
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54 submission | |
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55 admiration | |
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56 periscope | |
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57 forth | |
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58 investigations | |
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究 | |
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59 scrap | |
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60 retraces | |
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61 query | |
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62 docile | |
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63 ascent | |
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64 inscription | |
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65 grassy | |
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66 spouts | |
n.管口( spout的名词复数 );(喷出的)水柱;(容器的)嘴;在困难中v.(指液体)喷出( spout的第三人称单数 );滔滔不绝地讲;喋喋不休地说;喷水 | |
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67 detests | |
v.憎恶,嫌恶,痛恨( detest的第三人称单数 ) | |
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68 avenge | |
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69 jade | |
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70 veers | |
v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的第三人称单数 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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71 stimulates | |
v.刺激( stimulate的第三人称单数 );激励;使兴奋;起兴奋作用,起刺激作用,起促进作用 | |
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72 dagger | |
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73 moribund | |
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74 confidential | |
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75 moors | |
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76 secrecy | |
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77 outlet | |
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78 perch | |
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79 herald | |
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80 uproar | |
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81 longing | |
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82 rites | |
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83 surmounted | |
战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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84 capers | |
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85 awfully | |
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86 narcotic | |
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87 wreak | |
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88 vengeance | |
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89 whoosh | |
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90 pulp | |
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91 pillory | |
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92 virtue | |
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94 hatred | |
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95 compassion | |
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96 conqueror | |
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97 humility | |
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98 incapable | |
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99 spoke | |
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100 unintelligible | |
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101 stammered | |
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102 allude | |
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103 adversaries | |
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104 grotesque | |
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105 attaining | |
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的现在分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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106 gasping | |
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107 cork | |
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108 vile | |
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109 chuckling | |
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110 machinery | |
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113 tarpaulin | |
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115 persecuting | |
(尤指宗教或政治信仰的)迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的现在分词 ); 烦扰,困扰或骚扰某人 | |
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116 drawn | |
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117 sobs | |
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