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CHAPTER 41
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He began to walk up and down the glade1 as though he were in the cloisters2 at Paradise, and Mellis did not hinder him or try to persuade him any further.
She rose up, put the food that was left back into the saddle-bags, and took the horses down to the spring to drink. When she returned to the glade Martin Valliant was still walking up and down, his hands gripping the bosom3 of his smock. He did not look at her, and his face had grown gray in the dusk.
Mellis fastened the two horses to a tree for the night, and taking Fulk de Lisle’s sword, she set about gathering4 bracken. The western sky was streaked5 with amber6, and the light was growing dim; yet as Mellis used the sword a faint glimmer7 shone from it, like the glimmer of a star. The bracken was all feathery blackness under the great trees, falling to the sharp blade as she swung it from right to left. The sweet, wild scent8 of the fern was like a plaintive9 memory. The sword made hardly a sound as it cut through the tall stems.
Martin had paused, and was watching her. She showed as a dim figure in the dusk, with white face and hands. And even this strange labor10 of hers seemed part of the mystery of the Forest and of life, so much so that he felt enveloped11 by it, caught in some enchantment
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glade
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n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地 | |
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n.(学院、修道院、教堂等建筑的)走廊( cloister的名词复数 );回廊;修道院的生活;隐居v.隐退,使与世隔绝( cloister的第三人称单数 ) | |
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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adj.有条斑纹的,不安的v.快速移动( streak的过去式和过去分词 );使布满条纹 | |
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n.琥珀;琥珀色;adj.琥珀制的 | |
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v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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plaintive
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adj.可怜的,伤心的 | |
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labor
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n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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v.包围,笼罩,包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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enchantment
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n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
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secrecy
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n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
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adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带 | |
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fronds
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n.蕨类或棕榈类植物的叶子( frond的名词复数 ) | |
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obstinate
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松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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torment
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n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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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.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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fiber
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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poignant
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adj.令人痛苦的,辛酸的,惨痛的 | |
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(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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