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Chapter XVII
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For a long while Martin Valliant neither moved nor spoke1, and Mellis watched him in silence. His rage had passed, and a kind of wondering horror dulled his eyes. He was afraid of his own handiwork, this death that he had brought into the world, these bloody2 things at his feet. And yet they fascinated him, for there were two men struggling in Martin Valliant—the poor monk3 and the soldier.
The monk in him, being the elder, stood shocked to the heart, and most tragically5 dismayed. Such a bloody deed as this seemed the end of everything, even though it had been done in generous wrath6. Martin’s monastic soul shrank away, horrified7, covering its face with its hands. He had spilled blood, he was a murderer, he had sinned against the God Who had given him life.
For a while the monk in him possessed8 his whole consciousness, but there was a man stronger and fiercer than the monk waiting to be heard. The soul of old Valliant lived more nobly in his son, old Valliant who had looked on dead men with the pity of a soldier, but who would have had no pity for such a fellow as Noble Vance.
“Martin—Martin Valliant!”
He heard her voice, at first very soft and faint, like a voice from a distance. He had not looked at her since he had struck Vance down.
Slowly he seemed to drag himself from staring at his own handiwork. He turned his head, and her eyes met his.
Once more the soul of that tragic4 day astonished him, for there was a strange, shining light in Mellis’s eyes. Her lips seemed to tremble; her throat showed proud and triumphant
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的第三人称单数 ) | |
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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killing
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯 | |
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(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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