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CHAPTER 39. THAT NIGHT
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Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day. Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it. All night something seemed going on in the house—something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know. Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.
Once, a frightful1 wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber2, and passed away like a soundless sob3.
They fell asleep. But they woke again with a great start. They thought the house was filling with water such as they had been drinking. It came from below, and swelled5 up until the garret was full of it to the very roof. But it made no more sound than the wind, and when it sank away, they fell asleep dry and warm.
The next time they woke, all the air, they said, inside and out, was full of cats. They swarmed—up and down, along and across, everywhere about the room. They felt their claws trying to get through the night-gowns lady Mara had put on them, but they could not; and in the morning not one of them had a scratch. Through the dark suddenly, came the only sound they heard the night long—the far-off howl of the huge great-grandmother-cat in the desert: she must have been calling her little ones, they thought, for that instant the cats stopped, and all was still. Once more they fell fast asleep, and did not wake till the sun was rising.
Such was the account the children gave of their experiences. But I was with the veiled woman and the princess all through the night: something of what took place I saw; much I only felt; and there was more which eye could not see, and heart only could in a measure understand.
As soon as Mara left the room with the children, my eyes fell on the white leopardess: I thought we had left her behind us, but there she was, cowering6 in a corner.
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frightful
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| adj.可怕的;讨厌的 | |
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chamber
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| n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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sob
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| n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣 | |
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| vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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swelled
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| 增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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cowering
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| v.畏缩,抖缩( cower的现在分词 ) | |
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| adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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| (通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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| v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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| vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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judgment
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muffled
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| adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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countenance
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| n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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| v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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| v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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inviting
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spoke
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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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corpse
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alas
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misery
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subdue
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possessed
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incandescent
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unwilling
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scorched
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| 烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
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bosom
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joints
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| 接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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marrow
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| n.骨髓;精华;活力 | |
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writhing
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| (因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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bent
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| n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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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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Forsaken
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| adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词 | |
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| v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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miserable
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| adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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tyrant
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| n.暴君,专制的君主,残暴的人 | |
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abated
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clenched
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ripples
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| 逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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ripple
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smote
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strife
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murmur
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colloquy
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exult
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writhe
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demon
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allusion
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beseeching
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repentance
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prodigal
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abominates
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negation
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recoil
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shrieked
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conqueror
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withdrawn
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humility
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submission
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defiance
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corrupted
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