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CHAPTER XXIII.
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At breakfast the next morning Darda waited upon her master, with swollen1 eyes and a very sullen2 manner of attention. He was in a strange mood himself, compound of perplexity and exaltation. In the girl’s piteous acknowledgment of his mastery over her, he had warmed to a toleration of her foibles that was almost a regard for her as something a possession of his own. He could secretly applaud that loyalty3 to her brother, when—after venting4 itself in rebellion against his own mandates—it sunk from arrogance5 to a heart-broken appeal to his mercy. Having subdued6, he could be gentle with her. Moreover, reason resuming a certain sway over his passions, he felt he had acted hastily in that little question of the “Priest’s Hole.”
But, there was a third and very engaging side to his meditations—a thought that, by stooping his stiff neck to the thread of a little glossy7 sandal, he had tacitly pronounced himself in humble8 subjection to the owner thereof; in fact, that by submitting Miss Royston as his proxy9 of grace, he had indirectly10 suggested, in thin outline, a declaration to her.
His perplexity was for the brother, with whom matters stood as on the first entrance of Miss Angel; and with regard to whose threatened affaire d’honneur, no hint of apology had issued from either side. Assuredly he could not stand up to the manling and seek to let blood that was of a common source with that of his demi-goddess. As surely, for all his tender respect for that same heavenly ichor, he was not going to lend himself to a
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loyalty
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消除; 泄去; 排去; 通风 | |
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remains
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shamming
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inquiry
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致 | |
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conspiring
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密谋( conspire的现在分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致 | |
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fervid
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villains
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tempted
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v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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humbly
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adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地 | |
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implores
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恳求或乞求(某人)( implore的第三人称单数 ) | |
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saturnine
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adj.忧郁的,沉默寡言的,阴沉的,感染铅毒的 | |
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dreaded
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outlaw
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foul
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bloody
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jack
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emboldened
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v.鼓励,使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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ransacked
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v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 );抢劫,掠夺 | |
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inventory
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n.详细目录,存货清单 | |
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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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hatred
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n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨 | |
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drudge
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knave
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rascals
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流氓( rascal的名词复数 ); 无赖; (开玩笑说法)淘气的人(尤指小孩); 恶作剧的人 | |
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