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CHAPTER VIII.
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For some seconds the diner sat, too astounded1 for speech or action. That either of his dependents should have dared to thus defy him!
At length he rose, and took a step or two towards the window. It was no trick of his fancy. There lay the abomination, its dry dead hair stirring in the draught2, its stuft lid winking3 a dirty white, as if it cocked an eye at him in a hideous4 merriment.
He strode to the door and thundered for his henchman. The latter came immediately, apprehensive5 already, and doubly so when he marked the other’s face.
“You see that?” said his master, in a voice whose quiet was more appalling6 than any outburst of fury.
“I don’t accuse you of putting it there. Now, tell me—why didn’t you get rid of it as you undertook to do?”
He made out the man to say that he had—that he had removed it to his own room, intending later to find some means of disposing of it.
In the midst of his stammering8 explanations, Darda came softly into the hall. Her brother seized her arm with a shaking hand.
“How could you?” he muttered. “How could you do a thing so stupid and wicked?—and you have ruined us.”
She followed the direction of his wild eyes, and her own opened round in wonder.
“I didn’t put it there,” she said. “Does he say I did? It is a lie.”
He whispered “Hush!” in a fearful voice; but his master broke in at once.
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v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕然;愕;惊讶 | |
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n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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clinched
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v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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resentment
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jug
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slumberous
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lodge
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n.常青藤,常春藤 | |
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swarming
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n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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使人畏缩的,使人害羞的,使人难堪的 | |
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sinister
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onward
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devoid
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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braced
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adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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marvel
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vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事 | |
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shrill
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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tangled
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jaw
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n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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mighty
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bowels
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salvage
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velvet
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perilous
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vaguely
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illegibly
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