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CHAPTER IX. THE FACE ON THE PILLOW.
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Often the first shock of some unexpected mental blow shakes from the soul, not its corresponding emotion, but that emotion’s exact antithesis1. Thus, when Jason spoke2 I laughed. I could not on the moment believe that such hideous3 retribution was demanded of my already writhed4 and repentant5 conscience, and it seemed to me that he must be jesting in very ugly fashion.
Perhaps he looked astonished; anyhow he said:
“You needn’t make a joke of it. Are you awake? Modred’s dead, I tell you.”
I sprung from the bed; I clutched him and pulled him to and fro.
“Tell me you lie—you lie—you lie!” I cried.
He did not. I could see it in his face. There and then the drought of Tophet withered7 and constricted8 my life. I was branded and doomed9 forevermore; a thing to shudder10 at and avoid.
“I will dress and come!” I said, relaxing from my hold on him, and turned away and began to hurry on my clothes. I had not felt so set in quietness since the morning of two days past. I could even think calmly and balance the pros11 and cons6 of my future behavior.
Each man must be his own judge, his own plaintiff, his own defendant—an atom of self-contained
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abide
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justification
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<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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crass
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inevitable
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beckoning
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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onward
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rustle
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perspire
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acrid
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spun
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mashed
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parching
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