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CHAPTER 38.
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Pushing onward1 at what fury of speed the dangerous state of the road permitted, Tuke, like a good captain, would not subordinate his prudence2 to his eagerness. True, he had nothing but a vague sense that some evil was abroad, to justify3 his mood of suspicion; yet, forasmuch as this mood was unaccountable, it behoved him to move circumspectly4 through the first stages of reconnoitre.
Therefore it was that coming to the top of the long dip, on the crest5 of whose further slope stood Mr. Breeds’s little ill-omened tavern6, he called to Dennis and, pulling on his left rein7, cantered his horse on to the easterly downs, with the idea of making a détour that should bring him into the Winchester road a half-mile above Stockbridge.
This was judicious8 enough; but it was some aggravation9 of his impatience10 to find now with what infinite caution it was necessary to proceed over the frozen wastes of grass and crumbling11 chalk patches. A rushed camp of mole-hills—a film of cat-ice, roofing some unsuspected hollow, trodden upon—and all his fine purposes of help might end in a broken neck. Fortunately there was a young wintry moon, whose radiance, struck back from the snow, made such a spectral12
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onward
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circumspectly
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tavern
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rein
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judicious
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aggravation
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impatience
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crumbling
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spectral
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adj.幽灵的,鬼魂的 | |
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twilight
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n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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steer
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groaned
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bellying
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鼓出部;鼓鼓囊囊 | |
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pall
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devoured
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吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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myriads
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prey
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apprehensions
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combustion
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责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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levity
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scarlet
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tenacious
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v.急匆匆地走( scurry的现在分词 ) | |
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thither
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adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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outskirts
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pauper
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n.贫民,被救济者,穷人 | |
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loutishly
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gentry
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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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succumbed
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不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 ); 使更严重; 激怒; 使恼火 | |
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catastrophe
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squire
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eruption
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n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作 | |
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foulness
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judgment
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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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nay
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adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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flaring
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a.火焰摇曳的,过份艳丽的 | |
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spokes
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misty
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drooping
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draught
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grotesque
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tragic
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gal
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n.姑娘,少女 | |
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caressing
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爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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scrambled
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busts
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半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 ); 妇女的胸部; 胸围; 突击搜捕 | |
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asylum
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miserable
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drudgery
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misery
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innocence
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prostrate
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penitence
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engraved
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suffocation
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