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CHAPTER XLI.
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Perhaps a half-hour elapsed before any one of the exhausted1 men was able to do more than sigh and shift his aching limbs on the bed of rubbish where he lay. They had taken the precaution to pull the door to behind them, and though they were thereby2 condemned3 to a profound darkness, the close sunken quarters, warmed with the natural heat of their bodies, wrought4 a life in them by degrees and a gradual curiosity as to the character of their refuge.
Luvaine was the first to drag himself upright. Standing5 with his shoulders on a level with the door-sill, he cautiously made a little opening and looked forth6 long and critically. Then he reclosed the aperture7 and sat himself down again.
“David,” he said (from that time he, as far as possible, ignored his host), “are you recovered?”
“Convalescent, sir”—he was heard to sit up in the darkness; “I’m at the brandy and beef-tea stage.”
“That’s a pity, for neither will you taste again this side the grave.”
“Oh, Luvaine! What do you mean, man? Where are we?”
“That I can’t tell you—unless it’s a tool-house sunk in some spinney. But, for our prospects—look for yourself, David.”
“Is it so bad as that?” said Tuke, sitting up in his turn.
“Look for yourself, David,” repeated the soldier; “and tell me if you see one hope of escape.”
Both hearers scrambled9 to their feet, and one of them flung open the door. The mouth of their refuge looked westwards, so that by good fortune it was little
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cove
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小薄片( flake的名词复数 ); (尤指)碎片; 雪花; 古怪的人 | |
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愤怒( fume的现在分词 ); 大怒; 发怒; 冒烟 | |
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bent
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sullenly
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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a.痛苦的,折磨人的 | |
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ribs
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n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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a.狭窄的 | |
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obstruction
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rogue
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hesitation
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withhold过去式及过去分词 | |
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shameful
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seaport
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n.海港,港口,港市 | |
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elimination
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n.排除,消除,消灭 | |
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kindly
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draught
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rascal
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